This pill goes down easier if you forget what is in it. Inside the experimental capsule is human feces—strained, centrifuged and frozen. Taken for just two days, the preparation can cure Clostridium difficile, a dangerous bacterial infection that has defied antibiotics and kills 14,000 Americans each year, researchers said Saturday.
A promising pill, not so hard to swallow
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