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    Other What is the public perception of FMT? How much does it matter? Has it been blocking progress?

    I don't agree because I don't observe this. There are some degree holders who spread misinformation (about many things, not only FMT and the microbiome), but they are relatively small fish in the grand scheme of things. That's a problem specific to reddit and /r/microbiome in particular...
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    Other Popularity and acceptance of FMT. Who is to blame for why FMT will never be available? Ignorance, laziness, and apathy of the general public? How to motivate people to take action?

    That was not a hostile or harsh tone. There are plenty of people who are severely impacted in those areas of life by their health. They still do nothing. I noted in other threads that I've contacted such groups (IE: CFS - chronic fatigue syndrome) and even went to an event in DC and spoke to...
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    Other Popularity and acceptance of FMT. Who is to blame for why FMT will never be available? Ignorance, laziness, and apathy of the general public? How to motivate people to take action?

    This is completely erroneous. Chronic disease and poor health already afflict the vast majority of the population. They can't try FMT because safe and effective donors are not available, and will never be because people are too ignorant and lazy to do anything to make them so. They're not...
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    FMT Gut microbiota modulation via repeated donor fecal transplantation improves motor and gastrointestinal symptoms in drug-naïve Parkinson’s disease: a randomized phase 2 trial (Mar 2026, n=72)

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-026-02604-9
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    10-year-old Emma puts severe Ulcerative Colitis in remission with DIY FMT from her mom (2013)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-5-QOjTkEs A second video with a little more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIndT7fuGo It references this blog, but most of the saves are unavailable https://web.archive.org/web/20130113144423/http://thepowerofpoo.blogspot.com/ Donor: Mother. The...
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    Aging Scientists Tried to Age Young Ovaries with Old Microbes but Accidentally Made Them More Fertile (Mar 2026) Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice

    https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/young-ovaries-old-microbes/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-026-01069-3
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    Rod Clair does successful FMT from his wife for diverticular disease, IBS, severe gastritis, chronic fatigue, and more (Dec 2021, fecal microbiota transplant)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN1VV_zauDU Her stool quality looks pretty good. He takes one small dose every 1-7 days. It seems that he still has some brain fog and weight gain.
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    Causation Memory loss is fuelled by gut microbes in ageing mice (Mar 2026) Intestinal interoceptive dysfunction drives age-associated cognitive decline

    https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00768-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10191-6
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    Antibiotics A single course of antibiotics can leave a lasting mark on the gut microbiome (Mar 2026) Antibiotic use and gut microbiome composition links from individual-level prescription data of 14,979 individuals

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-single-course-of-antibiotics-may-reshape-the-gut-microbiome-for-years/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04284-y
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    Causation Specific gut bacteria species linked to muscle strength (Mar 2026) Roseburia inulinivorans increases muscle strength

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-specific-gut-bacteria-species-linked.html https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2026/03/03/gutjnl-2025-336980
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    FMT Why some gut microbes persist after fecal transplants (Feb 2026) Temporal dynamics of gut biosynthetic gene clusters link persistent colonization and engraftment in fecal microbiota transplantation

    https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-stay-stray-gut-microbes-persist.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2026.2634469
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    Phages A virus hiding inside bacteria may help explain colorectal cancer (Feb 2026, n=877) Distinct prophage infections in colorectal cancer-associated Bacteroides fragilis

    https://theconversation.com/a-virus-hiding-inside-bacteria-may-help-explain-colorectal-cancer-276695 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-026-01403-1
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    Article Top FDA Official Resigns Under Pressure (Jul 2025) After turning down several new drugs and restricting use of another, Dr. Vinay Prasad drew the ire of the right-wing influencer Laura Loomer and others

    He resigns again: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/health/fda-prasad-resigns.html
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    Other Sleep disruption damages gut's self-repair ability via stress signals from brain (Feb 2026) Sleep disturbance triggers aberrant activation of vagus circuitry and induces intestinal stem cell dysfunction

    https://news.uci.edu/2026/02/05/sleep-disruption-damages-guts-self-repair-ability-via-stress-signals-from-brain/ https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(26)00025-1
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    Other Hidden biological signals in the gut point to Alzheimer’s as a whole-body disorder (Jan 2026) Gut proteome and microbiome alterations: Analysis of transverse colon samples from pathologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease patients

    https://news.asu.edu/20260116-science-and-technology-roots-alzheimers-disease-extend-beyond-brain https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.71021Abstract
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