Neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality of life and depression

Re:Neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality ... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @05:41PM (#19323679)

Poop from somebody who isn't depressed.

That sounds like I'm making it up, but unfortunately I'm not.

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Re:Neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality ... by fernly on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @08:16PM (#19324753)

Yup. It's called a fecal microbial transplant (FMT) and it works for several problems, notably C-diff infection. (Unfortunately it isn't the first-line treatment for that nasty bug, it is usually preceded by weeks of antibiotics and only used when they fail. Source: personal experience.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_microbiota_transplant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridioides_difficile_(bact...

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Re:Neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality ... by fromthestart on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @09:42PM (#19325171)

I worry that there may be currently unknown compatibility issues between donors and recipients, and that a recipient could be worse off after the wrong donation.

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Re:Neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality ... by bsanr on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @09:32PM (#19325117)

Also: unfortunately, it's hard to get your hands on.

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Re:Neuroactive potential of human gut microbiota in quality ... by justanotherjoe on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:19AM (#19326928)

My God... Alex Jones is going to have a field day... "they force our kid to eat poo poo!"

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