Beyond the call: Scientist self-administers fecal transplant in search for healthy microbiome

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American scientist Jeff Leach performed his own fecal transplant with stool borrowed from a hunter gatherer tribesman to better understand the changing nature of gut bacteria ecosystems. Mr Leach was working with the Human Food Project to study to Hadza tribe of Tanzania and the way their gut bacteria may differ from those of people in the West. .. Continue Reading Beyond the call: Scientist self-administers fecal transplant in search for healthy microbiome

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Antibiotic, Bacteria, Health, Microbes

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