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 ...

Freshwater wetlands from Georgia to New York are home to a previously unrecognized species of medicinal leech, according to scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of National History. The new ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered a new species of medicinal leech lurking in the freshwater wetlands of southern Maryland. This ...

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.

Medicinal leeches (notably Hirudo verbana) maintain a remarkably simple yet deeply integrated microbial community within their digestive tract. This symbiosis is dominated by two bacterial species, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freshwater wetlands from Georgia to New York are home to a previously unrecognized species of medicinal leech, according to scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of National History. The new ...