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Poo pills to the rescue

The Week Junior Science+Nature UK

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August 2025

So-called "poo pills" could flush out superbugs, according to a new study. Antibiotic resistance (when drugs don't work to fight infections) is a serious and growing problem.

Poo pills to the rescue

These superbugs often lurk in a person's bowels. Faecal transplants are already approved in the UK to treat some illnesses. They involve taking carefully screened poo from a person and transferring gut bacteria into another

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