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Fecal Microbiome Transplants Explained
1:14:10 - 1:18:12 (04:01)
Fecal microbiome transplants involve taking the whole microbiome from someone else's gut and introducing it into another person's gut. By understanding which microbes make beneficial chemicals that regulate the body's health, healthy individuals can donate feces for transplants.
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The speaker discusses how the gut biome and bacterial counts can affect human health, and how researchers are exploring ways to improve gut health through fecal transplants.
1:14:10 - 1:16:20 (02:09)
Gut Health
Summary
The speaker discusses how the gut biome and bacterial counts can affect human health, and how researchers are exploring ways to improve gut health through fecal transplants.
ChapterFecal Microbiome Transplants Explained
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Elaine Hsiao explains how fecal transplants actually work and the misconceptions around the concept.
1:16:20 - 1:18:12 (01:52)
Fecal Microbiome Transplants
Summary
Elaine Hsiao explains how fecal transplants actually work and the misconceptions around the concept. It turns out that it's not just taking individual bacteria but rather the entire microbiome from one person's gut and putting it in another person's gut.