Sentences with phrase «fecal transplants restore»
«Fecal transplants restore healthy bacteria and gut functions.»
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In additional tests, the scientists found they could restore the norovirus infections by transplanting fecal material from untreated mice into mice that earlier had been treated with the antibiotics.
The diversity was restored with another dose of the original human gut bacteria, delivered by fecal transplant.
Only six mice for each generation were examined, and only three animals received the final fecal transplant to restore their gut diversity.
The procedure, which has a 90 percent success rate, transplants the fecal microbial ecosystem from a healthy person into a sick one, often using a colonoscope for inserting the material, to restore a healthy equilibrium.
Furthermore, it was found that the fecal transplant plus antibiotic therapy restored antibiotic - associated changes in the body's bacterial composition.
Researchers have already restored the «normal» human gut microbiome using fecal transplants to cure recurrent infections with the bacterium Clostridium difficile.