A system is protected by its diversity, not its purity.
Chapter 1

The cellular soldiers of CAR-T

Chapter 2

Phage therapy and the viral assassins

Chapter 3

Fecal transplants and ecosystem medicine

Chapter 4

Genetically engineered micro-factories

Ch 3 · Fecal transplants and ecosystem medicine
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007skaty The physical connection between the human gut microbiome and the brain

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007skaty Beyond the Gut

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A system is protected by its diversity, not its purity.

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007skaty Public stool banks collect human waste for medical transplants.

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The power of the microbiome

007skaty When broad-spectrum antibiotics wipe out our five-pound microbiome, opportunistic pathogens like Clostridioides difficile take over and cause chronic illness.

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Replanting the microbial forest

007skaty Filtered donor bacteria delivered through capsules quickly rebuild a diverse gut ecosystem.

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My Microbe Bank
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007skaty Deposit healthy microbes into your bank to discover how living drugs fight infections.

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Fun Fact

Super donors: Some stool donors have such diverse, healthy microbiomes that their samples are nicknamed golden stool by researchers.

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Gossip

Would you swallow freeze-dried stool capsules if they cured a chronic illness?

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Quiz

Approximately how much does the entire human gut microbiome weigh?

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007skaty Doctors use fecal microbiota transplants to rebuild damaged gut microbiomes

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Which dangerous, opportunistic bacterium often takes over the gut after antibiotics wipe out healthy microbes?

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007skaty The protective ecosystem of the human gut microbiome

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How can a fecal transplant be administered to a patient?

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What is the typical success rate of Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) for treating recurrent C. difficile?

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Which pioneering non-profit stool bank was founded in 2012 by MIT and Harvard graduates?

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Why are stool bank donors screened even more rigorously than traditional blood donors?

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FMT is being trialed to boost the effectiveness of which cancer treatment?

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What is the bidirectional communication network between the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system called?

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