Sentences with phrase «fecal transplants work»

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Together, the two studies advance the idea that gut microbes play a role in turning the immune system against nerve cells, causing MS.. It will take a lot more work to develop cures or preventive strategies based on that, but the research raises the intriguing possibility of treating an often - devastating disease with something as low - tech as fecal transplants or probiotics.

It's currently a challenge to do this kind of microbial redesign — antibiotics reduce microbial burden but fail to induce major changes in bacterial composition, and from fecal transplant studies in the gut we know that bacterial populations return to a baseline population even after a major shift — so more work is needed to attempt a durable change in the vaginal microbiome.

Below is a list of patient advocacy groups and support groups working to bring fecal transplants to patients who need it.

Walters points to work from studies of fecal transplants that have shown there are meaningful differences «in the gut microbiome of lean and obese individuals.»

However, scientists are working to identify and isolate the specific bacteria that affect weight so that fecal transplants, the idea of which makes most people squeamish, are not necessary.