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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.






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