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9. Hopefully that's coming.

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:58 PM

Jan 2013

Right now, transplanting the fecal matter works. It cured 15 out of 16 patients, while antibiotics only cured 7 out of 27.

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Fecal transplant more effective than antibiotics for bacterial infection: study [View all] AgingAmerican Jan 2013 OP

Transplant AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #3

As long as it's not ingested orally get the red out Jan 2013 #4

Perhaps not. (We can't take cancer cells out one-by-one either) cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #6

Hopefully that's coming. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #9

Explaining why I am now selling my special sauce on eBay NoOneMan Jan 2013 #2

Fecal transplants are actually quite common .... Scuba Jan 2013 #5

The drug companies ain't gonna like that shit. n/t denverbill Jan 2013 #7

Nope AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #8

Who knew that TGOC was actually a medical treatment? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #10

Holy shit! zappaman Jan 2013 #11