Mites on hissing coackroach may benefit humans with allergies

Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 14:00 in Health & Medicine

Tiny mites living on the surface of Madagascar hissing cockroaches help decrease the presence of a variety of moulds on the cockroaches' bodies, potentially reducing allergic responses among humans who handle the popular insects, according to new research...

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