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"We need to harness the power of poop"

New episode in the "I contain multitudes" series by Ed Yong discusses fecal transplants

Published in Microbiology

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Ben Libberton
Science Communicator, Freelance
"We need to harness the power of poop"

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Still controversial but becoming more and more commonplace, Ed Yong discusses fecal transplants with Mark Smith, the founder of Open Biome.


You can read Ed's article on the Atlantic.

Go to the profile of Ben Libberton
Ben Libberton
Science Communicator, Freelance
I'm a freelance science communicator, formerly a Postdoc in the biofilm field. I'm interested in how bacteria cause disease and look to technology to produce novel tools to study and ultimately prevent infection.

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