This week Helen will change your mind about the usefulness of a usually despised little sucker. You will be surprised to learn of an ancient technique that is still used today. Described as “walking biohazards,” meet the creatures who have an astonishing array of current and potential applications in modern medicine.
Sources:
- Neuronal control of leech behavior by William B. Kristan Jr., Ronald L. Calabrese, and W. Otto Friesen
- Leeches (Hirudinea) Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- How Leeches Can Save Lives And Limbs for Some Patients
- Free Flap Salvage (Microvascular) Medicinal Leech Therapy – Anticoagulation Protocols University of Iowa Health Care
- Leech Therapy at Tampa General Hospital
- Medicinal leech therapy—an overall perspective by Ali K. Sig, Mustafa Guney, Aylin Uskudar Guclu, and Erkan Ozmenc
- Leech Therapeutic Applications by A. M. Abdualkader, A. M. Ghawi, M. Alaama, M. Awang, and A. Merzouk
- 10 stomachs, 32 brains and 18 testicles – a day inside the UK’s only leech farm by Rose George
- The Leech Nervous System: A Valuable Model to Study the Microglia Involvement in Regenerative Processes by Françoise Le Marrec-Croq, Francesco Drago, Jacopo Vizioli, Pierre-Eric Sautière, and Christophe Lefebvre
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