Fecal transplants in the news

CNN has a story on a fecal transplant case: Little-known fecal transplant cures woman's bacterial infection - CNN.com.  It is worth a look and if you want to laugh (sometimes in pain, sometimes for jokes) read the comments. Some other recent stories on this topic include

• 'Ick factor' not withstanding, patients would accept fecal transplants ...
• What a relief! -- Stool transplant cures Sheldon woman's C. diff ...
• RI to Host Groundbreaking Medical Trial for C. Diff

And the CNN story got picked up by Reddit

• Little-known fecal transplant cures woman's bacterial infection - Reddit

As many know - I have been talking / writing about such treatments a bit recently.  I discussed it in my Tedmed talk (which is now on Ted).

And I have a blog post with background and links on the topic.