Scientists love to talk about their work, here are some examples of our research discussions with the public and media!

Outreach

Dundee research turns the worm’s weapons against them (2025)

Our lab's work and it's potential usefulness for future vaccines and allergies has been highlighted in a press release!

Read all about it here.

Dundee's parasite-busting breakthrough could save billions (2025)

Our latest work using HpARI and HpBARI as vaccine targets has been featured in The Herald!

You can read the full article here!

Herminthology: Vivien Shek Featured Profile (2023)

Our final-year PhD student Vivien Shek has been featured in today's Herminthology profile! In her profile, she shares all about how her love for parasitology and how her parasitology journey started.

You can read the article here!

Herminthology: Danielle Smyth Featured Profile (2023)

Our very own Danielle Smyth was featured as Herminthology's 99th profile for #womeninparasitology and on the February 2023 cover of Trends in Parasitology in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

Click here to read the article!

Longfonds Netherlands: Hoe wormen inspireren tot preventie en nieuwe behandelingen van astma (2022)

Henry McSorley shares about how worms inspire new preventative and treatment strategies for asthma.

See the article (in Dutch) here!

The Conversation: How parasitic worms could lead to new treatments for asthma (2020)

Henry McSorley and Danielle Smyth have co-authored an article for The Conversation on asthma and worm-derived proteins as potential treatments!

You can read it here.

The Courier: Parasite or anti-allergen? Dundee scientist investigates how worms can protect against asthma (2020)

Henry McSorley was featured in the Courier and shares about the discovery of HpBARI.

Check out the article here!

Medical News Today: Could a protein from intestinal worms lead to a cure for asthma? (2017)

The discovery of HpARI as well as its potential for treating asthma and investigating IL-33 are highlighted in this Medical News Today article!

Check it out at this link.

STV News: Parasitic worms offer hope of cure for asthma attacks (2017)

Our work in the McSorley lab has been featured in this STV News article.

Click here to read it!

Express.co.uk: Asthma UK claim 'parasitic WORMS could cure asthma' - is it time to ditch the inhaler? (2017)

This article describes our work in the McSorley lab and its potential as a treatment for asthma in the future.

You can read it here.

The Naked Scientists: Therapeutic parasites podcast (2015)

Henry McSorley talks about our work on parasitic proteins and their potential for treating various diseases caused by hyperactive immune systems.

You can listen to it or read the transcript here!