Comment by comp_throw7
Comment by comp_throw7 10 months ago
The article provides some reasons to think that the treatment might not be fully effective even conditional on the mechanism of action working as described, not that it won't do anything at all.
The article provides some sound reasons for why
1. infecting yourself with this bacteria may not do what it is marketed to do
2. may result in suppression of beneficial microbiota
3. is not safe against lateral acquisition of a gene that is beneficial to the microbe but pathogenic to the human host
4. there is no real kill switch
for a lot of money, you might just end up buying a lot of health issues.