Researchers have already restored the «normal» human gut microbiome
using fecal transplants to cure recurrent infections with the bacterium Clostridium difficile.
Using fecal transplants, researchers transferred microbiota from IBS patients with or without anxiety into germ - free mice.
Khoruts and his colleagues reported last summer that they were able to
use a fecal transplant to treat and apparently cure a woman with a life - threatening Clostridium difficile infection, which causes severe inflammation of the colon.
Not exact matches
Here's the Washington Post saying that, «You'll never believe what doctors are
using to fight gut infections:
fecal transplants.»
Much as
fecal transplants from healthy donors treat life - threatening infections of the bacterium C. difficile, so they might be
used to treat MS — or, if given before someone with a genetic risk develops MS, prevent it.
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.
Theoretically, it could be simpler and more targeted to
use gene blueprints from sequencing data to build something that mimics microRNAs — binding to the same things the microRNA would — then embarking on a
fecal transplant and ensuring it is safe.
Fecal transplants are already being
used to treat stubborn colon infections of Clostridium difficile bacteria, notes immunotherapy researcher Alexandra Snyder of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Editor's note: This post was updated February 14, 2014, to clarify who can receive
fecal transplants using samples from OpenBiome.
Young and colleagues
used DNA sequencing to study the composition and structure of
fecal microbiota (bacteria) in stool samples from 14 patients before and two to four weeks after
fecal transplant.
Today, in Microbiome Digest: interesting papers about Clostridium difficile, the
use of
Fecal Microbiota
Transplant, studies in mice model, effect of Lactobacillus on Candida, antibiotic - resistant bacteria in sewerage biofilms, and more!
Its research portfolio includes 49 % of all U.S. trials exploring the
use of
fecal transplants in new diseases.
«The excitement about the successful
use of
fecal transplants to treat the gastrointestinal infection C. difficile has also led to a premature interest among the general public suffering from ailments for which it is completely unproven and untested.
In the study, the researchers
used microbiota transfer therapy or
fecal microbiota
transplant (FMT).
Jul. 12, 2016 —
Fecal transplants are increasingly being
used to treat certain human illnesses and more scientists have begun to research the
transplants» effects in animals.
Another is looking into Type 2 diabetes, and one is even
using lean donors to test
fecal transplants on patients with metabolic syndrome.
Fecal bacteriotherapy («stool
transplant») can be effective in treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, but concerns of donor infection transmission and patient acceptance limit its
use.
A
fecal transplant replenishes the gut with healthy bacteria that may have been wiped out during prolonged antibiotic
use.
This pilot study shows that a synthetic stool (stool substitute) may be an effective and feasible alternative to the
use of defecated donor
fecal matter (stool
transplant) in the treatment of recurrent CDI.
Although C. diff can be treated (with more antibiotics), sometimes a
fecal transplant of healthy gut bacteria from a donor is
used to stop the infection.
Interesting data point, a
fecal transplant has been
used to successfully treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Fecal Transplant FMT, also known as fecal microbiota transplant, human probiotic infusion, bacteriotherapy, and fecal transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other condit
Fecal Transplant FMT, also known as fecal microbiota transplant, human probiotic infusion, bacteriotherapy, and fecal transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other c
Transplant FMT, also known as
fecal microbiota transplant, human probiotic infusion, bacteriotherapy, and fecal transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other condit
fecal microbiota
transplant, human probiotic infusion, bacteriotherapy, and fecal transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other c
transplant, human probiotic infusion, bacteriotherapy, and
fecal transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other condit
fecal transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other c
transplant, is a powerful infusion of healthy colon flora treatment which has been
used to treat c diff, aka C difficile infections, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, autoimmune disease, dysbiotic gut flora as well as other conditions.
I know that
fecal transplants have been
used to treat C. difficile infections but haven't heard of protocols for other conditions.
The articles on the procedure are from VIN.com The web address is http://www.vin.com/members/cms/document/default.aspx?objecttyp... That one is called
Use of
fecal transplant in eight dogs with refractory clostridium perfringes - associated diarrhea and refers to dogs.