Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

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While we’ve derived useful molecules from the leech, live leech therapy has been largely marginalized in the West. It is time we reevaluate why. By Khushi Mittal & Xander Balwit.Read every article by visiting press.asimov.com.

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