The 4th Gut Microbiota for Health Wold Summit was held in Barcelona, March 14th & 15th, 2015. We had the opportunity to interview Prof. Julián PANÉS, President-elect of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), one of the new partners of the ESNM's Gut Microbiota & Health Section in the organization of the Gut Summit.

The Gut Microbiota & Health section of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology & Motility (ESNM) is now operating in partnership with three new organizations: the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), and the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN). 

Dr. D. Brent Polk is a physician and professor of biochemistry & molecular biology. He is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, as well as chair of pediatrics and vice dean for Child Health at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Should we exclude obese donors from FMT?

6 Feb 2015

by Philippe Marteau

Neha Alang and Colleen R. Kelly recently reported that a patient who had received fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) developed obesity (1).

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