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OSU researchers work to destroy parasite that infects 1 billion people

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BY K.S. MCNUTT kmcnutt@opubco.com

What started as a challenge to reinvent the toilet has become a quest that could be life-changing for 1 billion people.

A team of researchers from Oklahoma State University is on a mission to exterminate a parasitic worm that affects much of the developing world's population.

Ascaris lumbricoides, also known as giant round worm, is the target.

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