Volunteers Step Forward: Belgian Scientists Look for Poo Donors

Volunteers Step Forward: Belgian Scientists Look for Poo Donors
A scientist manipulates a bag that contains faeces in a laboratory at the University of Ghent, Belgium on Aug. 23, 2018. The donated faeces will be used to improve the bowel movements of sick patients. Reuters/Eric Vidal
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Belgian scientists are looking for people to donate their faeces to help with research into illnesses ranging from bowel disorders and allergies to neurological diseases.

At Ghent University Hospital, researchers are performing fecal microbiota transplants on patients. They extract good microbiota, tiny organisms living in the colon, from donors to transfer it to sick patients in hope of repopulating their guts.