As the people of Kashmir celebrate Navroz, the ancient tradition of leech therapy, locally known as Drekah, is experiencing a ...

Leech saliva contains many proteins which have anti-coagulant, anti-inflammatory, vasodilating and anaesthetic properties. Historically leeches were used for blood letting in order to balance the ...

As we tidy away the Dracula capes and glow-in-the-dark plastic fangs for another winter, one notorious blood sucker has had a particularly good year. For the first time the medicinal leech Hirudo ...