Fecal transplants restore healthy bacteria and gut functions

Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 11:02 in Health & Medicine

Fecal microbiota transplantation -- the process of delivering stool bacteria from a healthy donor to a patient suffering from intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile -- works by restoring healthy bacteria and functioning to the recipient's gut, according to a new study.

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