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Old 04-23-2013, 06:20 PM   #1
Happy Monkey
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
Apparently the good (or bad?) thing about the pig whip worm is that since humans aren't its normal host, it can't survive for more than a couple weeks in our guts, so you gave to keep re-ingesting them. I guess that's good because you don't want them taking your body over, but it would be nice if you could get the treatment and then be done with it.
There's a chance that if this treatment is frequently used, we'll get a human-tolerant variant at some point.

Whether that will be good or bad is another question.
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