Researchers pinpoint key factors to ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants – News-Medical.Net

Could number two be number one when it comes to combating recurrent Clostridium difficile (CDI) infections?
Using genetic material analysis and machine learning, UBC researchers have pinpointed several key factors to ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), which have proven successful in treating bacterial infections in the gut including illnesses like C. difficile, Crohn’s Disease, Colitis and even obesity, explains lead author Negin Kazemian.
This therapy is still in its infancy,…

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