The results of new research published this week in Scientific Reports reveal insights that may have profound effects on the use of medicinal leeches in hospital-based medicine.
Bloody Good Look by Scientists May Have Profound Effects on the Use of Medicinal Leeches
PDF) Construction of a medicinal leech transcriptome database and its application to the identification of leech homologs of neural and innate immune genes
In-depth profiles of bioactive large molecules in saliva secretions of leeches determined by combining salivary gland proteome and transcriptome data - ScienceDirect
Ward's® Live Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis)
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Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants