Jessica was desperate. She had contracted C. Diff, an aggressive and debilitating infection, two months before her wedding. In the hospital, after a course of completely ineffective antibiotics, her doctor suggested something shocking: a fecal transplant. He hoped that by introducing healthy bacteria from a stranger’s digestive system, her own “gut biome” could be stabilized. Willing to try anything, she went for it. The results of the procedure, as off-putting as it may sound, saved her life. And it could do the same for thousands more.

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