<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The NIH is doing a study of an enzyme to break down gluten. They are looking for qualified participants. For details, go to https://www.celiacshield.com/ While I am glad to see that they are researching products helpful to celiacs, I think they are asking participants to consume too much gluten: 1/2 slice of bread daily for six weeks. They don't say if this product is intended to prevent symptoms and damage from incidental gluten or to allow celiacs to eat a regular diet. Either way, I think a lot of participants will drop out because they are too sick to continue, especially those on the placebo. This will make results harder to evaluate. I wish the celiac research community would learn that you can't do research on CD the same way you do other types of research, where everything has to be standardized and the same. All celiacs are not alike. They do not respond to gluten in the same way; they do not show symptoms in the same way. A celiac who has been on the diet for many years will have a much more healed gut than one who is only a year out from their diagnosis. The healed celiac won't show symptoms as soon, and their reactions may be more subtle. A gradually increasing amount of gluten, starting with a very small amount, would work much better than just throwing celiacs into the depths of the glutenous ocean all at once. I think other promising products that have been tested have fallen victim to this same problem. Some that failed their trials might have worked had this variability been taken into account. *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC