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EXCERPT: You may have heard of the unfortunate Brit who discovered he had a tapeworm living in his brain. It took over four years for scientists to uncover what was wrong, and this took some exceptional detective work, all the while the worm was squirming across the man’s brain. The tapeworm, called a sparganum, has never before been seen in the UK. It is more common in South East Asia, where people can get infected either by eating raw frogs or reptiles, or using a balm made from raw frog meat directly on their eyes. Here are two perspectives on the unusual discovery, the pathologist who first discovered the worm, and the scientist who helped to sequence the worm’s genome, which revealed a lot about how to treat this pesky invader, and some insights into its private life....
EXCERPT: You may have heard of the unfortunate Brit who discovered he had a tapeworm living in his brain. It took over four years for scientists to uncover what was wrong, and this took some exceptional detective work, all the while the worm was squirming across the man’s brain. The tapeworm, called a sparganum, has never before been seen in the UK. It is more common in South East Asia, where people can get infected either by eating raw frogs or reptiles, or using a balm made from raw frog meat directly on their eyes. Here are two perspectives on the unusual discovery, the pathologist who first discovered the worm, and the scientist who helped to sequence the worm’s genome, which revealed a lot about how to treat this pesky invader, and some insights into its private life....