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Paris hospital halts stool study after donor deluge lined up for 50 euros

A Paris hospital conducting a stool study had to "cancel the call for donors and halt the study because it had gotten out of control". [AFP/File / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI]

A Paris hospital which made a public appeal for stool samples for a study on intestinal diseases said Friday it had suspended the project after being inundated by donors hoping for an easy 50 euros.

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