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Your poop could save someones life

Fecal transplants have the power to revolutionize medicine, but hospitals need raw materials. At Open Biome, the country’s first independent stool bank right outside Boston, donors earn $40 for each sample. The clinic, however, approves less than 3 percent of applicants. Fecal transplants have already essentially cured a severe intestinal infection known...

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