Humble worm turns into bringer of medical hope
China Daily | Updated: 2017-08-01 07:42
PLOEMEUR, France - For centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm - dark pink, slimy and inedible - was on the end of a fish hook.
But the invertebrates' unappreciated status is about to change.
Their blood, say French researchers, has an extraordinary ability to load up with life-giving oxygen.
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