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How a poo transplant can cure a sick patient

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Mark Porter visits a 'poo bank' in Portsmouth where donated faecal matter is being frozen and stored for later use. The poo is administered to cure patients with a bug called Clostridium difficile or C. diff which causes severe diarrhoea. Consultant Microbiologist Andrew Flat explains. First broadcast on Inside Health, 25 January 2017.

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