Drinkers searching for a hangover cure may soon have a solution that actually works.

A scientist from Silicon Valley claims to have discovered a cure to the hangover, a genetically engineered probiotic drink.

The 35 year old from San Francisco spent a year in a lab developing a prototype of the hangover cure which he called ZBiotics.

He said drinking alcohol produces the toxin acetaldehyde which causes hangovers. He said modified bacteria found in the Japanese food natto could be used to engineer a new strain of probiotics which breaks down this hangover causing toxin in the gut.

Together with his business partner, the scientist said he had taken the hangover cure dozens of times and it worked in preventing a hangover. There were also more than 1000 drinkers in San Francisco who had taken the cure and given positive feedback.