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Parasitic Worm Eggs Ease Intestinal Ills by Changing Gut Macrobiota

parasitic worm egg monkey colitis ibs

Intestinal issues are not just for us humans. Whereas the inflammatory bowel disease (IBS) now afflicts some 1.4 million people in the U.S., a similar condition often besets captive monkeys. But these animals are providing new insights about a cure for this condition in both species—and that cure is worms. Rhesus macaque monkeys living in [...]

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