US researchers have successfully treated monkeys with chronic diarrhea using parasitic worms that seem to work by restoring balance in gut bacteria. Their findings strengthen the case for developing and testing probiotic worm therapy for people with inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis. Colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases are caused by the immune system wrongly targeting bacteria in the gut and upsetting the balance of bacterial communities (a condition known as dysbiosis)...
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