Transplants of Feces from a Healthy Person Can Cure Gut Infections

[Nelson Vergel]

Recently, studies have shown that fecal transplants - giving infected people stool from a healthy donor - can restore that balance. But they're given through expensive, invasive procedures like colonoscopies or throat tubes. Doctors also have tried giving the stool through enemas, but the treatment doesn't always take hold.



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