Irritable bowel pain may soon be cured following 10-year study at UCC

Scientists may soon be able to alleviate the stomach pain of thousands of sufferers of irritable bowel syndrome by controlling the bacteria in the gut, according to pioneering Irish research.

A 10-year study at University College Cork — the findings are published tomorrow in the prestigious scientific journal, eLife — shows that bacteria in the gut of mice are capable of reducing abdominal pain.

This may also be the case for humans who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).