So possibly, in a thousand years or so, we could have parasites that improve our lives in every conceivable way.
Just need to eat an egg salad sandwich from a truckstop restroom coin op machine.
Edit: I’m a little busy at work, so maybe I read the replies wrong - but this was a Futurama reference.
That’s a very interesting study result that absolutely horrifies me.
Goauld anyone?
The Parasitology series by Mira Grant is about a future where GMO tapeworms exist in everybody, and are used to take care of all our medical issues. Really interesting concept and read
Imagine having anal with your partner and suddenly it’s like: “Whoops, looks like your tapeworm wants to have a look at the D too!”
Honestly thought this is going to be the webcam capture of that camgirl that dildos her ass and when spreading her cheeks someone says hello for a brief moment.
“The JCU trial provides sufficient proof of concept that infection with live hookworms is safe and appears to have some sort of beneficial effects on people’s metabolic health, which will hopefully be confirmed by future clinical trials designed to confirm efficacy and explore how hookworms influence metabolism,” said Dr Paul Giacomin, AITHM Senior Research Fellow and immunologist.
Eat less vs feed a crop of worms in my guts…. Hmmmmm. I mean, it’s an efficient way of making sure you don’t absorb all the calories you consume. It would be a bummer if my worms’ eggs were infecting people who didn’t over-eat and would be harmed.
The anti-inflammatory aspect is intriguing, but there has to be better options for creating that response.
This “give you worms so you can continue to overeat without consequences” approach is far too reminiscent of the ancient Roman vomitoria. There has to be a less wasteful way to deal with obesity and its metabolic consequences.
Vomitoria existed, but they were used for people to leave a stadium, not for food to leave the stomach.
