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[–] MaximilianKohler@futurology.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised FMT aren't a bigger thing.

Think they would be able to make some sort of artificial FMT. Probiotics aren't enough.

I know personally I have taken a boat load of antibiotics as a child and I took some for Cellulitis which because it was a skin infection required a high daily dose, never been the same since.

Think they would be able to make some sort of artificial FMT

We're a long way (many decades) off from that. This blog goes into more detail with references: https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog/stool-donors-one-in-a-million-ai-funding-potential

One of which is this page that shows the severe limits of current knowledge: https://humanmicrobiome.info/testing/

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You take someone's poop and put it up your butt.

Fecal microbiota transplantation.

Ah, thanks. I'd heard of that, but wasn't familiar with the initialism.