Need a fecal transplant? There’s a poop bank for that

“As we increasingly realize the role of the microbiota in just about every aspect of human health, the idea of banking healthy gut microbiota through poop doesn’t seem very outlandish. (Note: While there are many associations between differences in the gut microbiota and certain diseases such as obesity and asthma, there’s less evidence, at least for the time being, that a fecal transplant can cure diseases aside from C. difficile.) The “Brown Cross” could become part of our public health infrastructure.”

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