Dr. William Parker’s presentation on the impact of parasites, helminths, biofilms and viruses on the human immune system in a toxic environment.
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Published: 05/06/2015
William Parker, PhD is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine. His research interests include the promicrobial aspects of the immune system and investigating the immunological differences between laboratory-raised and wild-raised animals as a probe for differences between humans with and without modern medical care, respectively. This comprehensive approach has turned up unexpected and dramatic differences between the unhygienic and hygienic populations.
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