The future of faecal transplants

The future of faecal transplants

Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is now accepted as an effective treatment for Clostridioides difficile infections. With the increasing number of FMT treatments and clinical trials for other indications there is an urgent need for standardized regulations to ensure patient safety and focused devel...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature reviews. Microbiology 2019-12, Vol.17 (12), p.719-719
Hauptverfasser: Giles, Edward M., D’Adamo, Gemma L., Forster, Samuel C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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631/326/107
631/326/2522
631/326/2565/2134
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Clinical trials
Clostridium Infections - therapy
Comment
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - methods
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - standards
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - trends
Health aspects
Humans
Infection
Infectious Diseases
Life Sciences
Medical Microbiology
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Microbiology
Microbiota
Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms)
Parasitology
Patient Safety - standards
Transplants
Transplants & implants
Virology
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Zusammenfassung:Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is now accepted as an effective treatment for Clostridioides difficile infections. With the increasing number of FMT treatments and clinical trials for other indications there is an urgent need for standardized regulations to ensure patient safety and focused development of safer, rationally designed, microbiota-based medicines.
ISSN:1740-1526
1740-1534
DOI:10.1038/s41579-019-0271-9