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How you could get paid to POO
How you could get paid to POO: Collection bank pays $40 a sample to use in fight against superbugs
- Samples are being used to fight the deadly superbug C. difficile
- Healthy stools are given to patients in form of faecal transplant
- This helps restore the balance of bacteria in the gut, to fight infection
- U.S. organisation collects stools to sell to hospitals and doctors
- Is trying to recruit healthy donors with 'regular bowel movements'
- Incentives include cash and prizes for the most - and largest - donations
A U.S. organisation is offering willing volunteers $40 (£25) for every deposit of poo they make. The stool samples are being used to fight the superbug C. difficile - in the form of a faecal transplant
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And the criteria to be a donor? Volunteers must be between 18 and 50, have regular bowel movements and make daily trips to the laboratory in Medford, Massachusetts.
At least four donations a week are required, according to the company's website.
It says: 'Donors receive $40 per sample.
'If they come in five days in one week, they receive an extra $50. Prospective donors also receive $40 for getting tested.'
They must also have a body mass index under 30, have taken no antibiotics in the past three months and not travelled or been born outside the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan in the past year.
Strict medical screening is in place. Potential donors fill out a detailed medical questionnaire and their stools are tested for infections, plus the health of the bacteria.
Blood is also screened for conditions such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
Donating involves a 30-minute visit, where a sample is deposited into a bowl that rests over the toilet, Boston.com reports.
The company even tries to inject humour into the process.
There are incentives - such as becoming a 'super pooper' - or providing the biggest single donation of the month - and dubious-sounding nicknames such as Vladimir Pootin, or Winnie the Pooh.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz3GKBc5vv2
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