Our results have given us insights into new
bacteriotherapies for C. difficile infection and inflammatory bowel disease, and moreover suggest general strategies for developing these therapies for many other diseases,» said Vanni Bucci, PhD, first author of the study and an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Not exact matches
In the future, the promising bacterial species will be isolated and characterised
for the design of
bacteriotherapy products.
«Salmonella strains have a natural preference
for infiltrating and replicating within the cancer cells of a tumor, making the bacteria an ideal candidate
for bacteriotherapy,» said Robert Kazmierczak, a senior investigator at the Cancer Research Center and a post-doctoral fellow in the Division of Biological Sciences in the MU College of Arts and Science.
Augmenting the microbiome through fecal transplants (
bacteriotherapy) is already a validated treatment
for C. difficile colitis, a complication that can arise from antibiotic therapy.