Healthy donor feces is a life-saving therapy, and the treatment provides huge cost savings -- fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) saves at least $1.2 million each time 50 patients are treated for Clostridioides difficile at a public hospital. These are the perspectives of the first observational study in the world to detail the process for the 50 patients who received FMY for Clostridioides difficile colitis in 2014 and 2015 as an alternative to antibiotics.
read moreAfter childhood, about two-thirds of the world’s human population loses the ability to digest milk. As far as we know, 100% of nonhuman mammals also lose this ability after weaning. The ongoing ability to digest lactose, the main sugar in milk, into adulthood is a biological abnormality.
read moreTransforming the microbial environment in the guts of children diagnosed with autism could significantly ease the severity of their condition's signature traits, according to newly published research.
read moreTypes of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi have increased significantly in the past few years. C. auris is a type of fungus that is turning out to be deadly in some patients. The CDC believes the fugus was born in Asia due to the insatiable use of fungicides on crops. Very few have acknowledged the C. auris outbreak, but it seems to be another "superbug" added to the ever-growing list.
read moreStanford News illustrates the intricacies of the gut microbiome. Bacterial communities are highly individual from person to person. Which explains why some therapies may work for some but not for others.
read moreThe University of Colorado Boulder has found that as we age, the gut microbiota produces toxic molecules that we do not want! These can cause inflammation in our heart tissues. There is a relationship between our gut microbiota and our heart health, who would've known?
read more"What does a healthy microbiome have to do with cancer and recovery after treatment?" Dr. Alexander Khoruts and The University of Minnesota's Microbiota Therapeutics Program are spotlighted here; illustrating where the research is today and the life-changing potential for the future!
read moreThe Chinese Academy of Sciences published new research saying that gut bacteria is associated with how well we maintain our body temperatures. Mice were shown to have difficulty staying warm when their gut microbiomes were limited by antibiotic usage. Is gut bacteria to blame if you always run cold?
read moreThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hyper-regulating FMT therapies and still trying to categorize the therapy as a drug. "A Poop Drug Cartel" "...The interests of investors may be exceeding those of patients" - Dr. Alexander Khoruts. "The concern is that corporate greed will get in the way of patient access" - Catherine Duff of the Fecal Transplant Foundation pleads.
read moreThe scientists and collaborators at Argonne National Laboratory have 'successfully established a correlation between GABA-producing bacteria and depression'. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that slows down activity in our nervous systems. Looks like another potential link between emotional health and the microbiome!
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