Two new blogs:
$1 million per stool, $500k referral reward. https://t.co/mZZXF6qxdO
The FDA and FMT regulation. Part 2. I met with the FDA. Here's what I shared with them, and their response. https://t.co/LUfkpghsy0
#Microbiome#FMT#FecalTransplant#health#gutmicrobiota
The last blog asked:
How badly do you want a cure for yourself or your loved ones? What are you willing to do for it?
Overwhelmingly, the response from 1.2 million people was "absolutely nothing".
This mirrors my experience in patient communities for the past two decades.
"High-quality stool donors are more rare than one in a million? AI, funding, and potential."
The work @HumanMicrobes has been doing to find stool donors (FMT) with the 'right poop' is one of the most important projects currently taken place (in the world).
Recent FDA warning letters are threatening to effectively shut down all the data collection and analysis (they could still 'sell' poop for recreational purposes if I am understanding the issue correctly).
While their goal is clinical treatment of disease the lack of interest from the #longevity community in this technology strikes me as odd.
FMT and similar technologies need to be made safe and effective and the only way to do this is to screen candidates. Given their current database they are poised to take advantage of medical AI.
I really hope someone reaches out to them and offers assistance.
Please forward this tweet to people in the longevity community and medical AI that might be able to help.
https://t.co/Z6LHJVvfG6
https://t.co/w7OI4GKUZK
@agingdoc1
In response to an FDA warning letter, I posted two new blogs on the FDA, FMT regulation, AI, funding, and more.
1. https://t.co/aeDl4ieAnw
2. https://t.co/TlVGi6Dhho
#Microbiome#FMT#FecalTransplant#health#gutmicrobiota
Lots of people are asking for updates and it's been nearly a year since the last one. I don't really want to write a blog as the only change is that we've received over a million applicants. Feedback/ideas are welcome on the forum https://t.co/N9ViD1REqT
@chydorina@BearableApp Yes, but for a variety of reasons, we're hesitant to publish details on that.
And what's best for our purpose may not be best for each individual. So tracking their own symptoms & stool to learn what's best for themselves should work well for most people.
@chydorina@BearableApp Type 3 seems to be preferable to type 4 so far. Color and other characteristics seem to be important too. I agree that it's definitely not as simple as "type 4 = good".
Many of the most promising candidates do not respond when contacted directly, so we're hoping $180,000/yr for 30 minutes of work each day is finally enough incentive for them to apply.
#Athletics#Athlete#FMT#fecaltransplant#microbiome#health
Our stool donors can now make $180,000/yr if donating a daily stool. We're making this change after screening 25,000+ donor applicants, including hundreds of college and professional athletes, and still not finding exactly what we're looking for. https://t.co/2Z9TFkH0AT
First results from our 1 in 23,000 donor. Sitting on a possible panacea but we can't get the tiny percent who qualify to stop flushing lifesaving medicine down the toilet. https://t.co/IZh1zFibd9 #FMT#Fecaltransplant#microbiome#health#gutmicrobiota
#Athletes Get paid for your poop!
A 3 minute introductory video https://t.co/57vca6HUHw Give a poop, save a life.
Stop flushing lifesaving medicine down the toilet! Sell/donate it instead, and save & improve countless lives in the process.
This is fantastic. TYSM South Park! A main problem I've run into is that many people haven't heard of #FMT before and when asked to be a donor react with "I've never heard of this". All the knowledge in the world won't save us if we can't get top young athletes to be donors.