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Your New Wonder Cure: Fecal Transplants

Patients with bacterial infection are good as new after treatment, says study

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2013 2:40 PM CST

(Newser) – Gross-sounding, yes. But "fecal transplants" work like a charm for patients suffering bacterial ailments, according to new research. The Netherlands study found that people with the common Clostridium difficile infection, or CDI, were quickly cured after receiving the feces of a healthy donor. (It...   Read full story »

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