Research – These Volunteers Drank E. Coli-Laced Water and Got Diarrhea, for Science

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In a new study, that was the stomach-churning task given to volunteers, who bravely downed a cup of E. coli, for science.

Their fortitude paid off. Scientists were able to study an important question: whether a person’s blood type affects the severity of an “Enterotoxigenic E. coli” infection, the leading cause of traveler’s diarrhea.