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"textContent": "Intestinal worms can help reduce inflammation in the human body—but only if they have enough dietary fiber. Without it, they switch into a hibernation-like state and their protective effect disappears. This is the finding of a new study by parasitologists from the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences, published in the journal Nature Communications.",
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