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Could faecal transplants be the next frontier in health?

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Guardian Science Correspondent Linda Geddes was carrying her poo across London. She had volunteered as a fecal transplant donor for researchers at St Thomas's Hospital. Researchers are exploring the potential of fecal transplants, inserting poo through the rectum into the colon to treat all kinds of gut-related conditions.

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