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Fecal transplants have proven effective for treating a range of diseases, so this cannot be true. That we do not yet understand what is going on does not mean

• PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  > Fecal transplants have proven effective for treating a range of diseases They can be very effective for C. diff infections, but beyond that it’s not as much of a wonder treatment as the initially hype suggested. There have been a lot of startups and researchers working on this space with very lackluster results (outside of C. diff, that is)
  • ipaddr 5y ago
    They are effective for a number of ailments you would expect and many you wouldn't. We are at the beginning of understanding these processes better. I wouldn't think we are at a point where we can look at specific results and making general statments.
  • jaquer_1 5y ago
    L. Reuteri 17938 + Glycerol kills C. Diff. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28760934/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28760934/ Biogaia's Gastrus has it.
• Remnant44 5y ago
  To be fair, this is not inconsistent with the position of the article. If the disease states are a result of pathogenic invasion, restoring the natural inhabitants of the gut by transplant and driving out the 'bad guys' by doing so is completely consistent. Whether you call that 'doing nothing' is of course a different matter; it's a bit like explaining armor as 'doing nothing' because it just sits there and soaks up incoming physical damage!