VICE on HBO: Can Feces Treat a Liver Disease? (Web Extra)

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June 29th, 2016

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Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) have been proven over 90% effective at treating recurrent clostridium difficile - a deadly bacterial infection. Microbiome research has shown associations between the trillions of bacteria inside our guts and a variety of ailments. Thomas Morton attends a clinical trial to see if injecting healthy stool into a patient's colon can treat the liver disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our Tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Check out our Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/vicemag Download VICE on iOs: http://apple.co/28Vgmqz Download VICE on Android: http://bit.ly/28S8Et0
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