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Question of the Week: Can we talk about… poop?

  • 1.  Question of the Week: Can we talk about… poop?

    Posted 03-27-2023 07:59:00 AM

    Yes, really.

    One potential benefit of the discourse around the pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines is that Americans are becoming more aware of the impact—and future potential—of federally-funded medical research. While this topic may be hard to…digest…we want to share with you an article AAMCNews published a few years ago on fascinating movements in the science of fecal transplants.

    Bacteriotherapy--a discipline that requires the collaboration of experts across the health care spectrum, including infectious disease specialists, gastroenterologists, microbiologists, and primary care physicians--is solidly in the wheelhouse of academic medicine.

    What other promising treatments and breakthroughs are on the horizon in academic medicine? Or at your institution?



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    Nicole Buckley
    Communications Strategist
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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