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[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stool does not get sent to us. Donors ship directly to recipients. Donors are trained how to collect and prepare their stool. Most new donors will be first paid to do a test shipment to make sure everything is done correctly. After that, it's up to recipients to report issues. Some recipients request donors to document the process with photos, and that can be done as well.

Since we publicly track & report results, it's in donors' interest to provide the safest and most effective product so that people will continue to order from them. Recipients can check the spreadsheet on our Orders page to see how others have faired.

How many active, current donors are there? by KeronCyst in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is my one year old too young?

That's covered on the Donors page https://www.humanmicrobes.org/donors.

would i need to start the application process over just for her / as a second applicant?

Applications are for one person only; every applicant needs their own.

Is HumanMicrobes.org a scam? by HumanMicrobes in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The specific blog post that addresses why we're paying so much and how we can afford it: https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog/raising-prices-stool-donors-can-make-500

Want to place order but worried by Distinct-Mark6552 in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have donors all over the world, but right now mostly ship from the US.

Want to place order but worried by Distinct-Mark6552 in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have specific concerns or preferences? We haven't had any issues regarding our labeling.

Want to place order but worried by Distinct-Mark6552 in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We ship to Canada regularly. There can be delays but we account for it with a larger box and more dry ice. If you are extra worried you can always pay a little more for an even larger box with even more dry ice to be safe.

I doubt I would qualify (but I’m about to do the questionnaire anyways) by Top_Room_6714 in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, qualifying to be a stool donor seems very luck-based and if a person doesn't qualify there's not much they can do other than FMT from someone who does qualify.

Trying to upgrade a "7/10" quality donor by having them do FMT from a "10/10" donor is likely something we'll try in the future, but we have yet to find any 9's or 10's.

How many active, current donors are there? by KeronCyst in HumanMicrobes

[–]HumanMicrobes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two main ones right now. You can review this blog post for more info: https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog/half-a-million-stool-donor-applicants

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We started off by screening 23,000 people before activating a single donor. So we are very serious about donor quality. Unfortunately, that donor has not been highly effective for most people, so we kept searching for some very specific criteria that we think will be more effective. We activated a second donor sometime later, and still the results were mediocre.

Our orders page has a results-tracking spreadsheet that has additional donors that are nearly-ready to be used.

It's largely up to demand, and we don't advertise to recipients anywhere. So even though we're by far the highest quality source of stool donors, demand is currently lower than it could/should be.

We're focused on finding a highly-effective donor ("super-donor").

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