Researchers sequence third leech species' genome, finding over 30 blood thinners

Draft genome sequences of Hirudo medicinalis and salivary transcriptome of three closely related medicinal leeches, BMC Genomics

Leeches in the extreme: Morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to inhospitable habitats - ScienceDirect

Heart Failure-Like Reaction Is Likely Involved in the Feeding Behaviour of Blood-Sucking Leeches

Cloning, characterization, and heterologous expression of a candidate Hirudin gene from the salivary gland transcriptome of Hirudo nipponia

Structural insights into thrombolytic activity of destabilase from medicinal leech

A new subspecies of Trypanosoma cyclops found in the Australian terrestrial leech Chtonobdella bilineata, Parasitology

Sequence analysis of the hirudin gene family. A Phylogenetic analysis

Gene cloning and expression of a partial sequence of Hirudomacin, an antimicrobial protein that is increased in leech (Hirudo nipponica Whitman) after a blood meal - ScienceDirect

Frontiers Neutrophil Migratory Patterns: Implications for Cardiovascular Disease

The genome of medicinal leech (Whitmania pigra) and comparative genomic study for exploration of bioactive ingredients, BMC Genomics

Leeches in the extreme: Morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to inhospitable habitats - ScienceDirect

Leeches in the extreme: Morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to inhospitable habitats - ScienceDirect

Characterization of the natural peptidome of four leeches by integrated proteogenomics and pseudotargeted peptidomics