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Nothing against ivermectin — if you have roundworms, it’s a fantastic drug and its discoverers won a Nobel Prize in medicine for a reason.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Mastick and her colleagues suspected they also contained common, centimeter-long parasitic roundworms called anisakids, also known as sushi worms.

From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024

"We originally designed this study to investigate the neural mechanisms involved when roundworms are attracted to salt," Iino explains.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

But for the hermaphroditic version of these tiny roundworms, it's a very different story.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

Some single-cell animals and roundworms are capable of surviving stress by encysting themselves, forming a little "seed" that preserves their genetic material and enough food to reactivate it, coming back to life when conditions improve.

From Organic Gardener's Composting by Solomon, Steve