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This synthetic stool isn’t made of soybeans, but instead, it’s a mixture containing 33 different types of bacteria. And, oh yeah, doctors create the stuff in something called the “Robogut” — a mechanical device that mimics the conditions in your colon.
Infectious disease specialists in Ontario, Canada, developed the synthetic stool — which they call RePOOPulate — to treat people sick with infections from Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that can cause serious, persistent bouts of diarrhea. The germ can take hold after people are treated with antibiotics for other infections.









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I like the old school ways when the prettiest Nurse on the floor was asked to poop in a cup for a donor enema.
BL@KBIRD on January 16, 2013 at 10:48 PM
And just like Powell, it’s full of crap.
Flange on January 16, 2013 at 10:55 PM
Hey, pull up a stool and lets talk….
portlandon on January 16, 2013 at 10:57 PM
How does this fit in with stool pigeons?
platypus on January 17, 2013 at 1:15 AM
Sorry. Couldn’t get past this first line. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on January 17, 2013 at 5:27 AM