revolutionary new pill

[urbangirl]

Found this article this afternoon. Anybody else read it or know anything about it?

dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti...

[Penel]

Having had a look around the net, Coeliac Australia is not recommending it for anyone with coeliac disease.

coeliac.org.au/news-stories...

The study gave the 20 coeliac participants one gram of gluten a day, and the enzyme appears to have prevented damage to the small intestines in those who didn't have to withdraw from the experiment.

pubs.sciepub.com/ijcd/4/2/2/

One suggestion is that this enzyme might be helpful in situations where there may be difficulty following a gluten free diet... More research is needed.

[urbangirl in reply to Penel]

helpful reading Penel - thank you! I am always suspicious of these claims but it would be so good to hear news of breakthroughs.

[Jacks]

There is ongoing research in the UK with participants but the results have not been promising. Apparently it's too simplistic.

[urbangirl in reply to Jacks]

Do you know what simplistic means Jacks?

[Jacks in reply to urbangirl]

Yes, that's why I used the word! No seriously, I understand that the research is giving people a false sense of hope because it is more complicated than that. There is also a jab being developed. It's not a one jab (like TB) and you're fixed, it would mean a constant stream of jabs, and then you could still react to gluten and be ill. I hope this makes sense, I've tried to simplify complicated research!

[urbangirl in reply to Jacks]

This is unsurprising I suppose. I am always concerned at new treatments like jabs and oral medication as I am not sure how well long they have been trialled/tested for. Where did you get this info from?

[Jacks in reply to urbangirl]

It was one of the clinical trials I agreed to.

[Penel]

There appear to be a few trials of 'treatments' going on at the moment (more reading).

celiac.org/celiac-disease/r...

The vaccination is an attempt to desensitise the body to gluten by injections of increasing doses of gluten. Not sure that I would want to try it!