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FDA faces backlash over decision to regulate poop as a drug

By Charles Hoskinson
Published February 21, 2014 5:00am ET
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FDA faces backlash over decision to regulate poop as a drug
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration did something that’s sparking a backlash in the medical community — the agency decided to regulate human feces as a drug. You heard that right: Poop is now a drug. The rule was pushed out because of the growing promise — and use — of fecal transplants to […]

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration did something that’s sparking a backlash in the medical community — the agency decided to regulate human feces as a drug.

You heard that right: Poop is now a drug.

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