Only the
medicinal leeches are used for treatment, which are brown, red striped and olive-coloured.
Edsall et al., "Construction of a
medicinal leech transcriptome database and its application to the identification of leech homologs of neural and innate immune genes," BMC Genomics, vol.
veronii strain isolated from the
medicinal leech, was cultivated in lysogeny broth, LB, at 30 [degrees]C at 200 rpm (Sambrook and Russell, 2001); Aliquots of cells representing different phases of growth were collected and flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen.
Brown hare, adder, linnet, reed bunting, snipe, great-crested grebe, little grebe, bullfinch, song thrush, barn owl,
medicinal leech, dwarf stonewort, lesser bearded stonewort, bluebell, pipistrelle bat and noctua bat.
* Learn about
medicinal leeches at: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/bloodysuckers/leech.html
The
medicinal leech, a worm-like creature once used by doctors to bleed patients, is being examined to draw clues on how a common protein may help promote neural regeneration.
Photosensory input pathways in the
medicinal leech. J.
Examples include a mussel, a
medicinal leech, a damselfly, a giant earthworm, a butterfly, and a giant clam.
Summary: In Russia, a
medicinal leech costs less than $1, and a typical application requires three to seven of the ravenous little creatures
The
medicinal leech has been the physician's ally since the year 900 CE.
"The brown hare, red squirrel, grey partridge, great-crested newt,
medicinal leech, wild asparagus and fen orchid are just some of the better known species on the list."