Two hospitals in Barcelona, the Clínic and Bellvitge, have launched Spain's first Fecal Microbiota Bank. Their goal is to obtain donations of stool from healthy individuals to perform microbiota transplants on patients suffering from potentially fatal infections of bacteria known as C. difficile infections. We step into the fecal microbiota transfer units of both hospitals to learn how they operate and meet some of the donors.
“Meet Your Microbiome” – An Educational Video for Learning about Gut Microbiota
7 Feb 2018by GMFH Editing Team
The following video, produced by SciShow, shows the most recent research into gut microbiota and hot topics such as Clostridium difficile infection and fecal microbiota transplantation, as well as inflammatory bowel disease, dysbiosis, and probiotics.
This video, produced by AsapSCIENCE, a YouTube channel specializing in bringing science to all types of audiences, shows the existing link between the enteric nervous system, gut microbiota and the brain.
According to a recent study published in Science, some bacteria can protect newborn infants from the adverse effects of gastrointestinal infections.
Interview with Borja Sánchez: “It is important to know what a microbiota transplant from another person can do to us in the long term”
19 May 2016by Cristina Sáez
A study carried out by researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and published in Scientific Reports shows a new technique that allows us to separate most of the gut microbiota from other faecal matter.
Genes are only one part of how IBD arises. The other parts are less clear, but equally important in the quest to understand how to prevent and treat these conditions. A new report, Gut microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease, published by the Gut Microbiota for Health Experts Exchange platform and edited by Professors Philippe Marteau and Harry Sokol, gives an overview of the new theories on the disordered physiology of IBD.
In spite of being a technique that professionals began to practice and research decades ago, gut microbiota transplantation is an issue that is sparking considerable interest right now as a possible treatment for infections of the intestine (especially those produced
We have composed short summaries of the workshops that were organized during the Gut Microbiota for Health Summit (Madrid, February 2013). Here is the list of workshops: “Gut Microbiota and functional bowel disorders” “Gut Microbiota and brain function” “Probiotics
