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The professor who put 50 worms in his own body

Science Notebook: James Morgan hears how one man�s brave experiment may work wonders for millions of allergy sufferers

Hay fever sufferers often say they would do anything to stop sneezing.

But few would contemplate going as far as Professor David Pritchard.

In search of a cure for asthma, hay fever and other allergies, he let 50 hookworms burrow into his arm.