experiment concerning lumbricus terrestris

[Stuart G. Poss]

Pablo,

I suggest you contact Prof. Edwin Cooper at the University of California
at Los Angeles (Cooper at mednet.ucla.edu).  He is one of the world's
experts on the immune system in invertebrate organisms.  He can probably
point you to a few studies useful to your own investigations.  He would
also be in a better position than I to tell you who to contact regarding
the immune system of annelids.

Good luck on your project.

Stuart


Prosmilton at aol.com wrote:
>
> To whom it may concern:
>         I am a ninth grader at Milton Academy in Massachusetts. I am conducting an
> experiment using enteric filtrate from earth worms as a potential antibiotic.
> However, I know that humans have certain peptides and cells in their
> intestines that do inhibit bacterial growth, however, I was wondering what
> sort of immnune response worms had, and if this immune response was in fact
> concentrated in their digestive tracts. If you have any literature,
> suggestions, or can tell me anything about the above posed question please E-
> mail me. Also, if you know of any other scientists that may directly deal with
> immunity in in lumbiricus or even annelids in general, I would appreciate
> their E-mail or mailing addresses. Thank you very much.
> Sincerely,
> Pablo M. Ros

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