Posted 7/9/2008 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
Check out these two recent New York Times articles on helminths and autoimmunity:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/magazine/29wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine\
&oref=slogin
This is on Dr. Pritchard, who is at the University of NOttingham and is currently conducting a double-blind placebo controlled trial using hookworms for Crohn's. I believe they're still recruiting, and you don't have to be English to participate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/health/research/01prof.html