Toward a pill to enable celiac patients to eat foods containing gluten
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a pill that could become celiac disease's counterpart to the lactase pills that people with lactose intolerance can take to eat dairy products without risking digestive upsets. The approach involves an enzyme that breaks down the gluten that causes celiac symptoms.