"If his four-year-old daughter gets sick again, Chris Gorski will take a drastic step. He will collect some of his own stool, strain it, and then transfer it into his daughter’s body. This procedure — known as a fecal transplant — has been shown to help people like Chris’s daughter Maya. Meanwhile, other patients and scientists hope that this bizarre transplant might work as medicine for a range of diseases, from asthma to MS."
— The Poop Outlaws: At-Home Fecal Transplants to Cure Disease
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I think some people might look at this and think WTF, but fecal transplants have proven to be helpful for those with...
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lilyb said:
So ignore that comment please, it was meant for the Sesame Street Tumblr, just above your entry on my dash. I’m sure fecal transplants are a lovely idea, I’m just too busy obsessing over Sesame Street to investigate further.
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