by Kristina Campbell
Alexander Khoruts, MD, is a gastroenterologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Minnesota. Since he carried out his first fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in 2008, he has conducted research on the procedure and developed protocols for wider clinical use.
In this video, Prof. Colleen Kelly, speaker at the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit in Miami, talks about fecal transplantation. https://www.gutmicrobiotaforhealth.com/videos//gmfh2014-interviews/Colleen-Kelly.mp4
Dr. Stephen Collins is a gastroenterologist and a researcher at McMaster University in Canada. Collins’ recent studies on the functional relevance of the gut microbiota, in collaboration with Dr. R. DePalma & Dr. P. Bercik, were recently presented at the
Dr. Tomas de Wouters covered #GMFH2014 the Gut Microbiota for Health Summit which took place from March 8th to March 9th, 2014 in Miami. We have asked him his feedback on the event. You can follow Tomas here on GMFHx.com and on Twitter @tdewouters.
by GMFH Editing Team
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has emerged as an effective treatment for Clostridium difficile infections that were stubborn to antibiotic therapy. However, other clinical indications of FMT are receiving an increasing attention due to the relevant roles of the microbiota in
by Patrice D. Cani
The team of Jeffrey Gordon (Ridaura et al. Science 2013) published that the phenotype of obesity (increased adiposity) of an obese twin in a discordant twin pair is transmissible. In other words, they found that mice receiving an obese twin’s
Speakers: Anne Vrieze (Netherlands), Lawrence Brandt (USA) Dr Vrieze’s talk focused on faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as a therapy for metabolic syndrome and C. difficile inflammation (CDI), under the guiding question whether the lacking diversity of the gut microbiota,
by GMFH Editing Team
Stool transplants highly efficient for Clostridium difficile infections and other gastrointestinal conditions — online press conference at 2nd World Summit “Gut Microbiota For Health” held today (26 February 2013) Clostridium difficile infections have developed into a virtual pandemic over the
The Second World Summit Gut Microbiota for Health took place in Madrid from the 24th til the 26th of February 2013. In case you weren't able to be present at the time of the summit, we have brought its content
