Can hookworms protect against allergies?

Professor David Pritchard

Professor David Pritchard appeared in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune on 1 July 2008. The reports describe David's work on parasitic infection which he has shown can ward off allergy symptoms. Follow the links above to read the full reports.

David's long-term goal, he says is "to figure out exactly how the worms turn down the immune-system radar, so we can borrow the tactics to develop alternatives to immune-suppressant and allergy-fighting drugs"