image: An international team of researchers, led by Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) scientist Sebastian Kvist, have announced the completion and results of their work to sequence the genome of Hirudo ...

Genetic research has revealed that commercially available medicinal leeches used around the world in biomedical research and postoperative care have been misclassified for centuries. Until now, the ...

WESTBURY, N.Y. -- Leech Law No. 1: NEVER REUSE A LEECH. This, observes Rudy Rosenberg, should be obvious: ''It won't feed again for another six months. And the patient might have an infectious disease ...

An international team of researchers, led by Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) scientist Sebastian Kvist, have announced the completion and results of their work to sequence the genome of Hirudo medicinalis, ...

In the slimiest and perhaps costliest case of mistaken identity in modern biology, hundreds of scientific papers and years of research could be thrown into doubt, for they may have been based on ...

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 ...

Morristown, N.J. -- Just look at one and your hands will clinch; think about touching one and your body will twist, your mouth will part and the following sound emerge: ye-e-e-ch. Such is the life of ...

Scientists have discovered that a case of mistaken identity means that "medicinal leeches" which have been used by doctors for centuries are not officially approved for medicine. Mistaken identity: A ...