I will never look at cleaning out my cat's litter box the same way again, now that I know that her poop may help fight cancer.

Yes really!As icky as that sounds it's actually kind of cool what researchers have found. According to Healthline.com the parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) that lives in a cat's intestine offers powerful benefits to aid in our (human) immune system to fight cancer.  T.Gondii could be a building block for a new cancer vaccine.

Isn't science awesome? I just feel kind of bad for the person who had to disect the cat poop.

Cat poop stinks, but if it can fight off this evil disease I'm all for it.

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