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    Study Some scientists are using chatbots to write all or part of their papers. 454 words that have increased in studies since ChatGPT was released (Jul 2025) Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary

    Look up neuro-symbolic AI, state space models, graph neural networks and spiking neural networks. For reasons unknown to me lots of people treat LLMs as the pinnacle of AI development while in reality they're just the starting point, similar to how Apple II was the starting point for personal...
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    Study Some scientists are using chatbots to write all or part of their papers. 454 words that have increased in studies since ChatGPT was released (Jul 2025) Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary

    Note that this won't continue forever - LLMs hallucinate because of the way they work, being statistical pattern matchers and not true thinkers - but in a couple of years they will be replaced by newer, better AI paradigms that will be many times more powerful and hallucination-free. The future...
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    Article FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive, Dr. George Tidmarsh, to oversee US drug program, CDER (2025)

    Ok I really misunderstood you. Treat my previous post as never written.
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    Article FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive, Dr. George Tidmarsh, to oversee US drug program, CDER (2025)

    The whole purpose of MAGA is to take the last brakes off corporations so that they can run loose and get even richer. I can't believe anyone in the US can be naive enough to believe otherwise. Reps vs Dems fight isn't a fight of the common people versus the elites, at best it's just infighting...
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    A decent approach might be to try to convince a doctor - preferably a gastroenterologist - of the merits of FMT. Doctors have more authority than a common person and they have connections with other doctors whom they should be able to convince as well.
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    Everything is fine. They aren't rejecting any FMT comments. If I am not mistaken, scienceforums.net has a rule that posts of new users need to be approved by moderation. I registered over a year ago, i can't remember everything.
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    @Michael Harrop Perhaps you are right. Nonetheless, I am glad that I was able to help even in this modest way.
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    @Michael Harrop After some thought I think that people on scienceforums.net do have a point. In science - including medicine - everything is considered unproven until proven otherwise. You have laser focused on FMT as an almost holy grail-like thing and presented it like it was a proven...
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    @Michael Harrop - I've asked a mod (swansont, the one with physics PhD) for permission to open a thread. Give me the link to your summary so I can send it to him if possible. EDIT: Permission granted. Now I just need to write a good OP.
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    www.scienceforums.net :) I shall make a thread on your behalf soon. What should i write, though? Are you looking for donors? Financial assistance? Both? Something else perhaps? What I write and how I phrase it will be very important.
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    @Michael Harrop Many folks have the same issues as you - a one man army can only achieve so much, especially if it's mode of an individual with no financial, social or political capital. I respect your work greatly. Since I am a member of a major science-related discussion forum, I can ask...
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    dzsqualala cures PSSD with DIY FMT from brother (Post-SSRI Sexual Disorder, fecal microbiota transplant, 2023)

    @Michael Harrop - Thank you for your link. Now I understand your line of reasoning. The problem IMHO boils down to simple evolutionary heritage - humans never evolved to live in the current world, nor to be completely rational, we evolved to live as hunter gatherers on African savanna, in...
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    dzsqualala cures PSSD with DIY FMT from brother (Post-SSRI Sexual Disorder, fecal microbiota transplant, 2023)

    @Michael Harrop Regarding subreddits - folks who post there tend to seek validation. Chronic diseases, with the constant pain, fatigue, brain fog, unending doctor appointments etc. is something that their families, friends and even doctors often don't fully understand. And these sorts of online...
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    Blog The FDA and FMT regulation, part 2. (Jul 2024, HumanMicrobes.org) I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response.

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is the public face of science at least in the US. He cannot afford to promote stuff that is not 100% proven because if even some of it is proven wrong, he will be accused of spreading pseudoscience and the entire scientific endeavour will suffer. Additionally, his lifelong...
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    Fermented foods and gut microbiome

    What do studies show about that precise matter? Are fermented foods beneficial? If yes, to what degree? I myself love eating kimchi and I'd like to know if it might have any positive effect on me besides immediate gustatory satisfaction.
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