TREATMENTS WITH HELMINTHS

摘要

The invention relates to a method of treating obesity or IBS in an individual by administering a physiologically acceptable composition comprising a helminthic parasite, or an active variant thereof, that is of a type and present in an amount sufficient to treat the individual for obesity or IBS. The invention is not limited to obesity and IBS and is further drawn to conditions of health in which the microbiota profile for a population of microbes found within an individual contributes to a pathological condition.