Ulcerative Colitis Treated By Fecal Transplants
- 5 years ago
According to UPI.com, "Fecal microbiota transplantation has shown success in treating patients with ulcerative colitis... FMT brought about a 32 percent remission rate for people suffering from the chronic bowel condition..." Study leader Sam Costello, a gastroenterologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, explains, "The most important difference in this trial compared to previous studies is the use of anaerobic (oxygen-free) stool processing..."