Scientists have discovered a new species of medicinal leech lurking in the freshwater wetlands of southern Maryland. This is the first new identification of a North American medicinal leech since 1975 ...

If you want to portray the primitive nature of medical science from a few centuries ago, you’d have awful things in your toolkit — a saw, perhaps, odd potions, and probably leeches. “Leeches have been ...

Phillips discovered the new leech species in the field, then found specimens in her museum's collections dating back to 1937. If biologists had discovered the "medicinal" leech Macrobdella mimicus 200 ...

On the fourth floor of the biophysics building, assistant professor Joerg Graf’s lab is alive with activity. Jeremiah Marden, a post-doctorate, guides fifth-semester molecular and cell biology major ...

TORONTO, ON- OCTOBER 29 - A European medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana, is bigger after feeding on a blood sausage. The rear of the leech is the bigger part with a smaller head that has multiple ...

After millennia of service, the medicinal leech may finally have met its mechanical match, a novel device that effectively performs the same function as the medicinal leech - promoting the flow of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The medicinal leech, a worm-like creature once used by doctors to bleed patients, now is being used to draw clues on how a common protein may help promote neural regeneration.

Macrobdella mimicus, the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years. (The Smithsonian Institution) Macrobdella mimicus, the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in ...

Medicinal leech therapy (MLT), also known as hirudotherapy, has transcended its ancient origins to become an adjunct in modern clinical practice. The therapy exploits the potent anticoagulant, ...

A variety of bioactive proteins from medicinal leeches, like species of Hirudo, have been characterized and evaluated for their potential therapeutic biomédical properties. However, there has not ...

A new study offers insights into the powerful anticoagulants contained in the saliva of leeches most often used in medical practice. The results of new research published this week in Scientific ...