CNN has a story on a fecal transplant case: Little-known fecal transplant cures woman’s bacterial infection – CNN.com. It is worth a look and if you want to laugh (sometimes in pain, sometimes for jokes) read the comments. Some other recent stories on this topic include
- ‘Ick factor’ not withstanding, patients would accept fecal transplants …
- What a relief! — Stool transplant cures Sheldon woman’s C. diff …
- RI to Host Groundbreaking Medical Trial for C. Diff
And the CNN story got picked up by Reddit
As many know – I have been talking / writing about such treatments a bit recently. I discussed it in my Tedmed talk (which is now on Ted).
http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf And I have a blog post with background and links on the topic.
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