“Regular doses of worms really do rid people of inflammatory bowel disease. The first trials of the treatment have been a success, and a drinkable concoction containing thousands of pig whipworm eggs could soon be launched in Europe.

The product will be called TSO, short for Trichuris suis ova, and will be made by a new German company called BioCure, whose sister company BioMonde sells leeches and maggots for treating wounds.” —EurekAlert [via boing boing]

For any of you who know the reference, I’m sure you’ll agree; the rest of you, ignore this — I couldn’t help thinking of how this utterly vindicates Phil ‘n’ Lil’s culinary tastes…