physician who has provided unapproved fecal transplants for everything from Lyme disease to mental illness says he doesn't believe he's doing anything illegal. An illustration shows how fecal microbiota transplants are produced. Dr. Bill Code and his wife Denise Code offer fecal microbiota transplants at the Taymount Canada clinic in Duncan, B.C. He also objects to the term fecal microbiota transplants, preferring to call his implants gut flora transplants instead. A Health Canada spokesperson said there is no legal difference between a fecal microbiota transplant and a gut flora transplant.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2020 10:52 UTC