Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

Maggots may be the key to more accurately determining when people died, according to Florida researchers, pointing to the genetic makeup of larvae. The findings build on previous methods that ...

The only two living animals approved as medical devices in the U.S. have ebbed and flowed in usage. Some practitioners and patients swear by the results. The course of modern wound care changed one ...

15:24, Wed, Jul 21, 2021 Updated: 15:37, Wed, Jul 21, 2021 Flies lay eggs and these turn into maggots. Maggots then become flies and lay more eggs. The cycle repeats! A maggot infestation is certainly ...

A Thai nurse removes a bag of maggots from a patient's wound at a hospital in Bangkok June 29, 2005. Maggot therapy has been used to treat patients suffering from infections, ulcers and burns since ...

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 ...

Medical professionals across the globe are rediscovering an ancient healing practice that predates modern antibiotics by thousands of years. Maggot therapy, also known as larval debridement therapy, ...