Sunday, February 1, 2015

Part-Time Pooping: A New Way to Make an Extra $13,000 a Year



Earning a little money on the side may now be as easy as having a bowel movement, thanks to Open Biome – a nonprofit organization that harvests stool.

For fecal transplants. Fecal microbiota transplantation is used to treat a condition called Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, infections of the gut. 

In a healthy person, helpful gut bacteria force C. diff bacteria out of the digestive system via a bowel movement. 

C. diff infections happen when healthy gut bacteria has been wiped out, most commonly by prolonged antibiotic use. 

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