Here's an interesting paper related to a novel treatment of IBD.
"In a stunt reminiscent of the TV reality show Fear Factor, dozens of unpaid volunteers have recently been gulping Gatorade laced with 2500 live eggs from parasitic worms"
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/305/5681/170?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits
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1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT.pdf
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The Science Mag article was an interesting read in that parasitic therapies can relieve other types of conditions other than IBD such as diabetes-type I, asthma, and MS in tested models.
I enjoyed reading about the study where children either received treatment for helminth or a placebo. Those who did not receive helminth treatment were actually less allergic to dust mites! Since dust mites are a main component of allergies, I wonder if this therapy will be more common in the clinical setting for humans in the future.
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