why don’t they have a cure for lactose intolerance

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If I had a small intestine transplant for someone who produced lactase, would it cure it?
I know lactose intolerance isn’t deadly I’m just curious if it’s possible.

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Lactose intolerance isn’t actually a fault, it’s how our bodies come by default. We *should* be intolerant to lactose. We don’t naturally drink milk into adulthood.

Humans that drank cows milk over many generations eventually developed a tolerance to lactose, but even people that are lactose tolerant can develop intolerance by simply not drinking any milk for an extended period of time.

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