[danieltillett]

I agree. We have only started to explore the interaction between our microbes and our health and I am sure there will be some amazing discovery made over the next few years.

An example of this is the report by Borody that three Parkinson's patients who had C. difficile infections treated using faecal transplant. The transplants cured the C difficile infection, but he noticed that their Parkinson's symptoms were significantly reduced. Changing the bacterial in the guts somehow had an effect on neurotransmitters in the brain.

[olva22]

Also, it's fairly well known by this point that there's an altered microbiome in Autism. Would be fascinating to see a transplant study done if the risk is so low.