Canadian medical researchers have developed synthetic poop — dubbed “RePOOPulate” — to cure a deadly gastrointestinal infection.

“It’s an exciting finding,” said Emma Allen-Vercoe, a professor in the University of Guelph’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In a study published in Microbiome, a BioMed Central (BMC) publication that launched its first issue this week, the researchers found that the synthetic poop cured gastrointestinal infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as Clostridium difficile

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