Research News

This week, Goats and Soda learned of a pretty icky research experiment taking place in our nation's capital. People are becoming infected with hookworm in the name of science, as researchers seek to develop a vaccine. Check out this article on why there is a need to infect volunteers for the…

Researchers at George Washington University hope to develop a vaccine to prevent an infection that is afflicting more than half a billion people around the world. “This is one of the neglected tropical diseases that has the highest impact on health globally,” said David Diemert, an associate…

In a pioneering study, infecting healthy adults is the next step toward eradicating the infection. “These past few months have taught me a lot about hookworms, and it’s also given me intriguing insight into my own body and behaviors,” she said. Ms. Markowitz is one of the participants of the…