The flat worm could be beneficial in repairing debilitating eye diseases. A study has found that the planarian flatworm, which is able to recreate missing parts of its body, could hold the key to ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - Hammerhead worms are popping up all over Hampton Roads - they are carnivorous, cannibalistic and just plain gross. “They are very odd looking and eye catching, they are flat ...

Live worm seen stuck in iris at 2 clock hours (b). Source: Dhivya Ashok Kumar, MD, FRCS, FICO, FAICO, ... watering and diminution of vision in the left eye for the past week, ...

Walter Gehring: Master Control Genes and the Evolution of the Eye. Q: ... We subsequently found this gene to be present in all animal groups, down to flat worms.

The worm spreads via a variegated fruit fly, Phortica variegate, that feasts on the tears and salty eye secretions of various mammals. There's only limited data on P. variegate 's distribution in ...