The current guidance for where to use fecal transplants is the people who have got recurrent or repeated C. diffseal infections. For, you know, people who've just had a single fecal transplant, 85% of them are cured of their symptoms. There does seem to be this kind of cross talk between the gut and the brain, which is really fascinating,. But no one has really got into grips with what's going on there yet.
Madeleine Finlay hears from science correspondent Linda Geddes about her experience becoming a faecal transplant donor, how getting a dose of someone else’s gut bacteria could treat illnesses like arthritis, diabetes and cancer, and asks whether a pill made from poo is an idea we are ready to swallow. Help support our independent journalism at
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