Parasites in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
Parasite proteins with therapeutic potential that could change the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and MS, have been identified by Katarzyna Donskow-Łysoniewska, PhD, of Lazarski University. The research was initiated at the Department of Parasitology at Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw. The laboratory model was the parasitic nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri.