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Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins believes humanity's long war on parasites may be doing more harm than good.
In his new book, he argues that stripping the body of these organisms entirely could weaken, rather than protect, human immunity,
challenging decades of public health messaging built around eliminating parasites at all costs.
Martins has built his career studying the creatures most people overlook or actively avoid.
He grew up in biodiversity-rich western K…

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