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Worm In Eye Leaves Indian Man With Blurred Vision, US Study Finds
The doctors performed pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) to remove the worm.
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Discovery of MicroRNA Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Gene Regulation Breakthrough
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking research, which began with tiny worms, has uncovered how microRNAs regulate protein production, impacting areas such as cancer, eye diseases, and even microbial interac...
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Doctors In China Remove 60 Live Worms From Woman's Eyes
Doctors in China recently extracted more than 60 live worms from a patient's eyes during a ghastly operation.
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Doctor Removes 20 Live Worms From Man's Eye
In a stomach-churning incident, a doctor in China removed 20 live worms from a man's eye.
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Woman Jogs Through Flies, Pulls 4 Worms From Her Eye A Month Later
The woman had just rounded a corner while running along a steep trail in coastal California in February 2018 when she charged face-first into an unpleasant surprise: a swarm of flies. The pesky bugs quickly engulfed her, forcing her to swat them away from her face and even spit some out of her mouth. But little did she know, things were about to ge...
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Baby Alien? Prehistoric Fish? Mysterious Sea Creature With No Eyes Puzzles Netizens
An Australian fisherman recently captured a rare fish with no eyes and sharp teeth - and pictures of the "weird-looking" sea creature have since gone viral on social media.
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An Artist Found A Parasitic Worm In His Eye - And Turned It Into Art
The painting was not an image of anything in particular, just an abstract confluence of psychedelic colors and wormlike patterns inside a perfectly round circle. Ben Taylor didn't like it much, and he said he didn't know why he painted it. But the wormlike patterns represent years of spiraling into unknown illness that had driven the 47-year-old pa...
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Blemishes On Her Face Kept Moving. It Was A Parasitic Worm Under Her Skin
First, it appeared as a tiny blemish under the eye. But over the next two weeks, the 32-year-old woman watched it move - snapping photos as it formed bumps above her eye before it made its way down into her lip, forcing her mouth to swell. It was a parasite - and it was living inside her face.
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She Thought The Weird Sensation Was A Stray Eyelash. It Was Eye Worms.
Abby Beckley thought her left eye was irritated because of a stray eyelash. She rubbed her eye, flushed it with water, but when the discomfort remained, she peered into the mirror. She thought she saw a piece of clear fuzz. She pinched it with her fingers and pulled it out.
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US Woman First To Be Found With Eye Worm, Previously Known Only In Cattle
An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, US government researchers said on Monday.
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Worm Found In Boy's Eye, Causes Severe Damage
But imagine for once what you perceived to be an eyelash lingering inside your eye actually turned out to be a wriggling worm. Well, this turned out to be the worst nightmare for a teenager in Mexico.
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A Worm Removed From A Woman's Eye in Kerala
A 70mm long filarial worm causing elephantiasis was removed from a woman's eye in a hospital situated in Kerala.
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Worm In Eye Leaves Indian Man With Blurred Vision, US Study Finds
The doctors performed pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) to remove the worm.
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Discovery of MicroRNA Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Gene Regulation Breakthrough
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking research, which began with tiny worms, has uncovered how microRNAs regulate protein production, impacting areas such as cancer, eye diseases, and even microbial interac...
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Doctors In China Remove 60 Live Worms From Woman's Eyes
Doctors in China recently extracted more than 60 live worms from a patient's eyes during a ghastly operation.
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Doctor Removes 20 Live Worms From Man's Eye
In a stomach-churning incident, a doctor in China removed 20 live worms from a man's eye.
-
Woman Jogs Through Flies, Pulls 4 Worms From Her Eye A Month Later
The woman had just rounded a corner while running along a steep trail in coastal California in February 2018 when she charged face-first into an unpleasant surprise: a swarm of flies. The pesky bugs quickly engulfed her, forcing her to swat them away from her face and even spit some out of her mouth. But little did she know, things were about to ge...
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Baby Alien? Prehistoric Fish? Mysterious Sea Creature With No Eyes Puzzles Netizens
An Australian fisherman recently captured a rare fish with no eyes and sharp teeth - and pictures of the "weird-looking" sea creature have since gone viral on social media.
-
An Artist Found A Parasitic Worm In His Eye - And Turned It Into Art
The painting was not an image of anything in particular, just an abstract confluence of psychedelic colors and wormlike patterns inside a perfectly round circle. Ben Taylor didn't like it much, and he said he didn't know why he painted it. But the wormlike patterns represent years of spiraling into unknown illness that had driven the 47-year-old pa...
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Blemishes On Her Face Kept Moving. It Was A Parasitic Worm Under Her Skin
First, it appeared as a tiny blemish under the eye. But over the next two weeks, the 32-year-old woman watched it move - snapping photos as it formed bumps above her eye before it made its way down into her lip, forcing her mouth to swell. It was a parasite - and it was living inside her face.
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She Thought The Weird Sensation Was A Stray Eyelash. It Was Eye Worms.
Abby Beckley thought her left eye was irritated because of a stray eyelash. She rubbed her eye, flushed it with water, but when the discomfort remained, she peered into the mirror. She thought she saw a piece of clear fuzz. She pinched it with her fingers and pulled it out.
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US Woman First To Be Found With Eye Worm, Previously Known Only In Cattle
An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, US government researchers said on Monday.
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Worm Found In Boy's Eye, Causes Severe Damage
But imagine for once what you perceived to be an eyelash lingering inside your eye actually turned out to be a wriggling worm. Well, this turned out to be the worst nightmare for a teenager in Mexico.
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A Worm Removed From A Woman's Eye in Kerala
A 70mm long filarial worm causing elephantiasis was removed from a woman's eye in a hospital situated in Kerala.
