Today, the BioTherapeutics, Education & Research (BTER) Foundation was notified that the American Medical Association (AMA), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy. Maggot ...

Maggots, the larval stage of certain flies, are already a federally approved treatment for people with nasty bed sores, chronic post-surgical wounds and diabetic foot ulcers. Now, maggot therapy has ...

Maggot therapy has been used in the field of medicine since ancient times. It was popularized during the world wars due to frequent soldier injuries. Despite the patients’ reluctance in using this ...

Maggots aren't high on most people's favorite-animals list. But maggots--specifically, the larvae of the green blowfly, Phaenicia sericata--can be helpful for the very reason they horrify. By eating ...

If you've been keeping up with HBO's "House of the Dragon," you may have noticed the show feels a lot less magic-driven. In place of "Game of Thrones"-style postmortem revival of characters like Jon ...

The appeal of the Game of Thrones universe is how it combines modern principles with a Middle Ages aesthetic. The politics can feel like an episode of Succession or The Sopranos, but it’s happening ...

Scientists are reviving an 18th century therapy involving maggots and adding their own 21st century twist to treat infected ulcers and wounds. The modern treatment now uses genetically modified ...

In a bloody battle during World War I, two wounded soldiers were stranded on the battlefield in France, hidden and overlooked under some brush. Suffering femur fractures and flesh wounds around their ...

Yamni is a professor at Swansea University, leading the Swansea University Maggot Research Group, and the Love a Maggot public engagement campaign. She is also currently a research supervisor for a ...