Live parasitic worm found in a woman’s brain

Australian doctors have found a live parasitic worm in a woman’s brain in a world-first discovery.In a new study published on Tuesday, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra Hospital detailed the discovery of the parasitic roundworm. The eight-cm Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm, which is usually found in pythons, was pulled from the patient, a 64-year-old woman, still alive and wriggling after brain surgery.