RePOOPulate: Fecal Transplants without the GROSS POO! Episode 50 - TopicsExpress



          

RePOOPulate: Fecal Transplants without the GROSS POO! Episode 50 by Scott Unger Fecal transplants - literally taking poo from one person and putting it into another person. It may sound incredibly gross (and it is) but it’s a valid and tested treatment for a number of diseases where the gut microbes become compromised, like in Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections where use of a broad spectrum antibiotic has wiped out your natural microbes and allows C. diff to thrive. Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe, a researcher in the University of Guelph’s Molecular and Cell Biology department, has been working to take the Poo out of fecal transplants using a robotic gut in the lab to produce a cleaned up microbial ecosystem called RePOOPulate that can be used in place of a fecal transplant. Listen to the podcast to learn more… experimental-podcast.tumblr/post/57513900333/repoopulate-fecal-transplants-without-the-gross
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:26:18 +0000

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