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5. Back in it goes
Doctors are combating gut disease with poo transplants. It’s been called a trans-poosion or ‘stool infusion therapy’ but for people with chronic bowel diseases, the treatment that’s being carried out at the Center for Digestive Diseases in Australia can be life-changing. Poo from a healthy patient is carefully filtered and then put into a blender (yuck) with some salt water. The solution is then transplanted into the patient via a tube in the nose (eew) that takes the liquid down into the gut (nice). The idea is that the healthy bacteria overpower those that are causing symptoms
