Abstract
Biotherapy is the practice of using live animals to treat or diagnose illness. Recent advances in technology have allowed us to better understand the mechanisms of action behind modalities such as maggot therapy, leech therapy, and helminthic therapy from a biochemical and immunological perspective. In turn, as our knowledge of vertebrate and invertebrate immunology has grown, we have applied this knowledge to advance human health through applications in pharmacotherapy and nutrition.
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Sherman, R.A., Cooper, E.L. (2018). Biotherapy: Medicinal Maggots and Invertebrate Immunology from the Clinician’s Perspective. In: Cooper, E. (eds) Advances in Comparative Immunology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76768-0_30
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