Sentences with phrase «called fecal microbiota transplantation»

For this subgroup of patients, a promising new treatment called Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) brings hope.
The procedure of transferring stool to a patient — technically called fecal microbiota transplantation — was first performed in the United States in 1958 to treat an intractable case of C. difficile colitis, a gastrointestinal condition caused when the balance of microbes in the gut — called the microbiome — is destabilized or destroyed.

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A team led by gastroenterologists Sieglinde Angelberger and Walter Reinisch (Medical University Vienna) and microbiologists David Berry and Alexander Loy (University of Vienna) explored how a treatment called «fecal microbiota transplantation» can be used to support microbial recolonization of the gut of patients with chronic intestinal inflammation (ulcerative colitis).
The authors call for more uniform documentation of the clinical efficacy and safety of fecal microbiota transplantation.
The first study of the social and ethical issues associated with a provocative approach to treatment for ulcerative colitis has found that the majority of potential patients are eager for what is now called «fecal microbiota transplantation» to become available, although many have concerns about donor selection, screening, and methods of delivery.
June 2, 2011 Patients with bowel disease eager to test «fecal» therapy The first study of the social and ethical issues associated with a provocative approach to treatment for ulcerative colitis has found that the majority of potential patients are eager for what is now called «fecal microbiota transplantation» to become available, although many have concerns about donor selection, screening, and methods of delivery.
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