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Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder... by m463 on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:25PM (#26040173)
I think you would only transplant healthy biomes, which have plenty of immune system action involved so that there are plenty of beneficial bacteria, and little or no say e coli.

It might actually be the transplanting of immune cells that helps strengthen the recipients' immune action

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Re:Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responder... by AlbinoDrought on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:45PM (#26043383)
Related FDA advisory about a time where drug-resistant E.coli was transmitted via fecal transplant: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availabi...
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