According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald , stool transplants (fecal microbiota transplantation) are being used increasingly in the USA to successfully combat the deadly C.diff. Reminds me of how the evolution of fungi into penicillin has saved the lives of so many since it's introduction. Antibiotics are powerful in their ability to kill bacteria, but the problem is that friendly bacteria are also killed. Fecal transplant appears to restore the normal balance. One wonders if down the track fecal transplant will be used in some modified way to negate these harmful effects of antibiotics. "Drugmakers racing to develop medicines and vaccines to combat a germ that ravages the gut and kills thousands have a new challenger: the human stool. For patients hit hardest by the bacterium Clostridium difficile, getting a "stool transplant" could become a standard treatment within just a few years. Just as blood banks and sperm banks are now commonpla...
Fecal Microbiota Transplant is used in the treatment of the bacterium, clostridium difficile. The transplants have shown promise for diseases and disorders such as colitis (including ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease), multiple sclerosis, parkinson's disease, diabetes, autism, irritable bowel syndrome, acne and even obesity! Subscribe for updates on the latest medical research for fecal microbiota transplantation including medical professionals who perform stool transplants.