The mucosal inflammation in IL-10 deficient mice has been reported to be reduced by feeding the animals a preparation of lactobacilli (Madsen K et al Gastroenterology 1997;112:A1030), a result subsequently confirmed by a UCC-based research group who also reported that consumption of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118 reduced cancer incidence (O'Mahony et al.2001).