Fecal Transplants

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Fecal Transplants
Fecal Transplants

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Fecal Transplants: The Straight Poop

So fecal transplants—what are they?

Fecal transplants are based on the understanding that all of us carry around in our gut, in our intestines, a complex community of bacteria that are actually larger in aggregate than the rest of us. There are actually more bacterial cells in our intestines than there are cells that belong to us in the rest of our bodies. And most of the time that incredibly complex community works in a really interesting harmony to do all sorts of things for us: to extract nutrients from our food, to tune up our immune systems, to keep our reactions to things in our environment, from revving out of control the way that allergies do, for instance.

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 Fecal Transplants: The Straight Poop

Journalist and author Maryn McKenna talks about fecal transplants, which have proved to be exceptionally effective at restoring a healthy intestinal microbiome and curing C. diff infections, yet remain in regulatory limbo.

Vowst

The first and only FDA-approved microbiota-based therapeutic in oral capsules to prevent C. diff recurrence following antibacterial treatment. A clinical study showed that 2 months after taking VOWST, most people were recurrence free and continued to be even 6 months later.

Rebyota

REBYOTA (fecal microbiota, live – jslm) is indicated for the prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection in individuals 18 years of age and older, following antibiotic treatment for recurrent C. diff infection. REBYOTA is delivered rectally to your gut microbiome, where it’s needed.

OpenBiome

We are a nonprofit stool bank, expanding safe access to fecal transplants and catalyzing research on the human microbiome.

The Fecal Transplant Foundation

Awareness and support for Fecal Microbiota transplant.

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