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Ok, but like… Couldn’t they isolate and identify the bacteria strains and then make them fresh? Maybe 2 or 3 generations removed from direct poop? And like wash your hands between handling the poop and making the pill? Or does that defeat the purpose?

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ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The first part is not feasible, since the microbiome has thousands, if not tens of thousands, of distinct species, we aren’t at a point where we could individually isolate, analyse, and reproduce all of these strains successfully.

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- themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Ugh, fine, I’ll eat the poop I guess.
  
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  - TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Goodish news… You wouldn’t be eating the poop. It’d be thrown in a blender until it reached an enema appropriate viscosity.
    
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