Capsule-based fecal transplants could help to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria. The idea is maybe by giving bacteria from healthy people, you can crowd out the bad antibiotic resistant ones and repopulate the gut with healthy ones. People like me who are donating their feces are contributing to those two main things at the moment.
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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