Holy s**t: This artificial poop may yet help save lives. Doctors are turning to fecal transplants to treat people who suffer from intense diarrhea after taking rounds of antibiotics, National Geographic reported. "The goal is simple: recalibrate the beneficial bacteria in a person's gut to fight off the ones that are causing them harm," it said. It said a few hundred C.difficile patients had been given stool infusions, often because they have run out of options. More than 90 percent of these people make a full recovery, National Geographic said. ...
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