A medical illustration of Clostridioides difficile bacteria, formerly known as Clostridium difficile, presented in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publication entitled, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. Credit: CDC Fecal microbiota transplants, or FMTs, are a magic bullet for patients with recurring infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), but researchers...
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Could fecal transplants improve melanoma treatment?
Fecal transplants could be used in conjunction with current cancer treatments to boost results. /Getty Images THIERRY ZOCCOLAN/Getty Images Combining fecal transplants with immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab showed the procedure was safe in people with advanced melanoma, according to a phase 1 clinical trial. Of the study participants, 65% responded positively to...
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Fecal transplants may boost the success of melanoma treatment
By Paul McClure July 09, 2023 Following a phase 1 safety trial, researchers have found that combining immunotherapy for melanoma with fecal transplantation is safe and may improve treatment success Depositphotos A phase 1 clinical trial exploring the use of fecal transplants to supplement immunotherapy treatment for melanoma has found it to be safe and has the...
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Fecal transplants show promise in improving melanoma treatment
LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: DR. SAMAN MALEKI AND DR. JOHN LENEHAN DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THEIR RECENT STUDY ON FECAL TRANSPLANTS FOR ADVANCED MELANOMA PATIENTS. CREDIT: LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE LONDON, ON – In a world-first clinical trial published in the journal Nature Medicine, a multi-centre study from Lawson Health Research Institute, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the...
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Researchers propose widespread banking of stool samples for fecal transplants later in life
CELL PRESS Changes in the way that humans live and eat have resulted in tremendous alterations in the gut microbiome, especially over the past few decades. These changes have been linked to increased rates of asthma, allergies, diseases of the digestive system, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions. In an opinion article published June 30...
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Fecal transplants reverse hallmarks of aging
by University of East Anglia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the search for eternal youth, poo transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the aging process. However, scientists at the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia have provided evidence, from research in mice, that transplanting fecal microbiota from young into old mice can reverse hallmarks of...
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Could a poo transplant one day be the secret of eternal youth?
by University of East Anglia Fecal transplants could one day be used as a therapy to restore cognitive function in the elderly—according to new research from the University of East Anglia, the University of Florence and the Quadram Institute. A new study published today shows how fecal transplants from older to younger mice altered their gut microbiome, which in...