Scientists
Develop a Disease-Detecting Probiotic Drink that Colors Your Feces to Match
Your Illness
Scientists
have created a yogurt drink that may one day detect a range of illnesses from
stomach ulcers to cancer by changing the color of your fecal matter.
Scientists
have created a yogurt drink that may one day detect a range of illnesses from
stomach ulcers to cancer by changing the color of your fecal matter.
The key
ingredient in the E. Chromi probiotic drink is a color-coded designer bacteria
made from E. coli and works by interacting with the food in your stomach that
turns your stools into a variety of hues depending on your ailment and how sick
you are.
While
researchers have so far only suggested that the drink could be used to track
the progress of E. coli, they believe that one day it can diagnose conditions
like colorectal cancer, worms, stomach ulcer and salmonella just by people
looking into the toilet to check the color of their remains.
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