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Stuff like this motivated me to do a minor in Immunology during university. And we still have no idea what is going on.

silexia 6y ago
I had a business idea a few years ago to do fecal transplants from famous people as a new LA business. There seems to be a lot of regulatory hurdles for doing it though. I would love to see someone do this both in disease treatment, as well as just to test out impact on things like mental or athletic performance.
- klmadfejno 6y ago
  What exactly was the rational behind that?
  - gambiting 6y ago
    I mean, if people are willing to pay money for Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina eggs or Twitch streamer's bath water, I can only imagine the small fortune people would pay for a bacteria transplant from a famous person, even if it had no effect whatsoever(you can always craft a cleverly worded ad that suggests there are benefits but never actually states so as a fact).
    - klmadfejno 6y ago
      It would have an effect though. That's a direct alteration to your gut microbiome. I guess, sure, fetishists are a thing. But I'm not sure it's a viable target market haha.
      - gambiting 6y ago
        You could probably sterilise it so there's absolutely no live anything remaining and people would still buy it. But yes, it's probably a tough market :-P
- at_a_remove 6y ago
  In 2012, Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, released a movie called Antiviral about a niche product -- viruses and bacteria harvested from celebrities who become sick, in order to inject them into paying clients who want a "connection" with the famous.
mc32 6y ago
Do people who work on Septic tanks (or nightsoilmen) and such share a common profile in regards to their immune system? Or is transplanting a requirement?
- PointyFluff 6y ago
  Fantastic hypothesis.
- oblongx 6y ago
  How would it work? Airborne poop particles? I've never seen my septic guy get poop on themselves and certainly not in themselves.
  - panzagl 6y ago
    I would definitely mention it in my Yelp review if they did.
  - sgtnoodle 6y ago
    It seems reasonable that people in that line of work would get exposed to random folks' germs orders of magnitude more often than someone not working around waste, even if they aren't swimming in it.
agumonkey 6y ago
is the pace faster though ? I had the impression that small progress came more often in this decade.

I had a business idea a few years ago to do fecal transplants from famous people as a new LA business. There seems to be a lot of regulatory hurdles for doing it though. I would love to see someone do this both in disease treatment, as well as just to test out impact on things like mental or athletic performance.

klmadfejno 6y ago
What exactly was the rational behind that?
- gambiting 6y ago
  I mean, if people are willing to pay money for Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina eggs or Twitch streamer's bath water, I can only imagine the small fortune people would pay for a bacteria transplant from a famous person, even if it had no effect whatsoever(you can always craft a cleverly worded ad that suggests there are benefits but never actually states so as a fact).
  - klmadfejno 6y ago
    It would have an effect though. That's a direct alteration to your gut microbiome. I guess, sure, fetishists are a thing. But I'm not sure it's a viable target market haha.
    - gambiting 6y ago
      You could probably sterilise it so there's absolutely no live anything remaining and people would still buy it. But yes, it's probably a tough market :-P
at_a_remove 6y ago
In 2012, Brandon Cronenberg, son of David, released a movie called Antiviral about a niche product -- viruses and bacteria harvested from celebrities who become sick, in order to inject them into paying clients who want a "connection" with the famous.

mc32 6y ago

Do people who work on Septic tanks (or nightsoilmen) and such share a common profile in regards to their immune system? Or is transplanting a requirement?

PointyFluff 6y ago
Fantastic hypothesis.
oblongx 6y ago
How would it work? Airborne poop particles? I've never seen my septic guy get poop on themselves and certainly not in themselves.
- panzagl 6y ago
  I would definitely mention it in my Yelp review if they did.
- sgtnoodle 6y ago
  It seems reasonable that people in that line of work would get exposed to random folks' germs orders of magnitude more often than someone not working around waste, even if they aren't swimming in it.

agumonkey 6y ago

is the pace faster though ? I had the impression that small progress came more often in this decade.