Premiere screening for DESIGNER $HIT at Scotiabank Cineplex
Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) is the act of taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick individual. In Designer $hit, Director Saffron Cassaday, who has suffered from ulcerative colitis for nearly a decade, sets off on a journey to determine if this form of treatment could potentially cure her of this disease.
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After suffering from Ulcerative Colitis for nearly a decade, filmmaker Saffron Cassaday tries a new treatment known as Fecal Microbiota Transplant: taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick patient. Using her partner as a stool donor, Saffron spares no details in exploring what some experts believe could be the biggest medical breakthrough of the 21st century.
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