Where do you live? Lexington, Kentucky, USA What percentage better are you? 85-95% better What was your diagnosis and what treatments did you try before FMT? In November 2010 after my first colonoscopy the Doc gave me the diagnosis… Read More ›
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Second stool bank established in the USA
A second stool bank has been established in the USA. AdvancingBio is located on the West Coast in Sacramento, California and opened its doors in February. Like OpenBiome on the East Coast, it is non-profit. ePatients please note that stool banks will not sell… Read More ›
Interview with Dr Silvio Najt
Dr Silvio Najt runs the Newbery Clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Newbery Clinic specialises in the treatment of inflammatory illnesses, through restoration of gut health through nutrition and FMT. What’s your background? How did you become a FMT specialist? I specialize… Read More ›
FMT and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Kristina Campbell is a science writer specialising in microbiota. She writes regularly for Gut Microbiota for Health and blogs at The Intestinal Gardener. Scientists now know that the gut microbiota – the microorganisms found in the human gastrointestinal tract – have… Read More ›
Sam’s Story
Sam’s mother writes this story on behalf of her 7 year old son who has recovered from Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Autistic enterocolitis, using fecal transplant. Where do you live? Michigan, USA What percentage recovered are you? 80% What was your diagnosis… Read More ›
Geoff’s Story
It’s understandable most success stories are anonymous, but so great when an FMT recipient decides to be unashamedly “out-and-proud” on video about their recovery using FMT. Geoff’s is a spectacular recovery. Yet it demonstrates once again that FMT is only one tool in a… Read More ›
Interview with Rebiotix’s Lee Jones
Lee Jones is the founder and CEO of Rebiotix Inc. a biotechnology company founded to revolutionize the treatment of challenging gastrointestinal diseases by harnessing the power of the human microbiome. The company has developed a unique biopharmaceutical platform called Microbiota… Read More ›
Dr Gary H. Hoffman on FMT for C. diff
The following guest post is written by Dr. Gary H. Hoffman, a board certified surgeon of Los Angeles Colon And Rectal Surgical Associates. Dr. Hoffman has experience with fecal microbial transplantation and is attuned to the nuances of c…. Read More ›
Jenny’s Story
This is an interesting success story for a few of reasons. Firstly, it’s our first story from New Zealand. Secondly, the success occurred in an older patient with bad UC suggesting that age and severity do not necessarily preclude healing. Thirdly, and importantly, it’s… Read More ›
OpenBiome Give a Sh!t Campaign
If you care about educating the world about the human microbiome, please give generously to the OpenBiome Give a Sh!t Campaign and share this link so that others will too. These guys are the real deal, a non-profit organisation who… Read More ›
James’s Story
Where do you live? I live in Zaragoza, Spain. How old are you? I am 31 years old. What percentage better are you? I would say around 80-85% (and expecting to increase these numbers in the following days/weeks). What… Read More ›
Louise’s Story
Where do you live? Australia How old are you? 57 What percentage better are you? From C Diff 100% What was your diagnosis and what treatments did you try before FMT? I have Crohn’s Disease and had C Diff… Read More ›
Gerry’s Story
Where do you live? Ashbourne, UK How old are you? 46 What percentage better are you? 90% What was your diagnosis and what treatments did you try before FMT? I have Ulcerative Colitis, first diagnosed in 1999. I have been through… Read More ›
Jaimi’s Story
This FMT success story is told from the viewpoint of 22 year old Jaimi and her father who championed the FMT treatment to save his daughter from surgery. Where are you from? Portland, Oregon, USA What percentage better… Read More ›
Robby’s Story
If you have a sick child, you will know how difficult it is to make decisions on their behalf, particularly once the mainstream medical system has given up on them. You are terrified to try alternative treatments, and you… Read More ›
Danny’s Story
“Danny” is a seven year old boy. His FMT success story is told in the words of his grandmother. What percentage recovered is Danny? The chronic constipation is 95% better. The C-diff is cured. What was his diagnosis and… Read More ›
Gut Microbiota for Gastroenterologists
Congratulations to Gut Microbiota for Health, always ahead of the pack, for publishing this presentation “Gut Microbiota for Gastroenterologists”. This introduction to gut microbiota includes questions frequently asked by patients, which is most welcome. It looks like the tide in turning… Read More ›
Caitlin’s Story
Caitlin is our first IBS success story, and hers is a particularly happy ending. Where are you from? Portland, Oregan, USA What percentage better are you? 100% What was your diagnosis and what treatments did you try before FMT? I… Read More ›
FDA to Ban Stool Banks?
In May last year the US FDA declared Fecal Microbiota Transplant an Investigative New Drug and confined its use to patients with Clostridium Difficile whose condition had not responded to other treatments. It has now issued a draft guidance paper… Read More ›
Mike’s Story
This story, told by a father, tells of the recovery of his 17 year old son from Ulcerative Colitis using FMT. Where do you live: Concord, California, USA What percentage recovery did your son achieve? 95-100% What was the… Read More ›
How to talk to your doctor about fecal transplant: a patient’s perspective
Kathy Lammens is a Ph. D. in Philosophy and mother to a child with Ulcerative Colitis. After much effort, Kathy and her husband succeeded in persuading their doctors to let them try Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT), an experimental therapy, to… Read More ›
How to talk to your doctor about fecal transplant: a doctor’s perspective
Dr. Arnab Ray is a gastroenterologist at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He has performed over 20 Fecal Microbiota Transplantations (FMT) to treat Clostridium difficile and is currently enrolling patients in the Rebiotix Punch CD clinical trial. He is… Read More ›
OpenBiome – First to Market in the US with Fecal Microbiota
It is always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the team at OpenBiome. I expected to meet a bunch of high wired young entrepreneurs determined to make their first billion from… Read More ›
2013: The Year of the Microbiome?
The role of the microbiome, the complement of bacterial passengers carried around by every human being, gets more intriguing by the month. The Economist, February 2013 There’s nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, and… Read More ›
Poop Transplants: A new take on an old therapy
Dr Dyani Lewis has a background in laboratory science, having earned her PhD in plant genetics from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has also completed a Master of Communication (Journalism) from Deakin University and works as an Associate Producer on… Read More ›
Carlos’s Story
Dr. Carlos Monteverde is a medical doctor from Ecuador specialized in immunology. He has achieved recovery from UC by using FMT. He runs a pharmaceutical ingredients company and is now trying to develop an elemental formula that is free of casein and… Read More ›
Doctors Urged to Acknowledge Home Fecal Transplant
OPEN LETTER TO: American College of Gastroenterology American Gastroenterological Association Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Gastroenterological Society of Australia New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology British Society of Gastroenterology United European Gastroenterology Austrian Gastroenterological Association German Gastroenterological Association Swiss Society for Gastroenterology… Read More ›
Crohnology’s FMT Users
Kenneth Spriggs is a former quantitative analyst with a physics degree who was diagnosed with Crohn’s in 2001. He is investigating the use of health care data as revealed through social media. Kenneth has developed a DIY Electronic Health Record that… Read More ›
Bob’s Story
In August, Bob a much loved 57 year old husband, father and state administrator was having regular outpatient treatment in the local hospital in Kentucky, USA, for a non-gut-related condition. One day he had his regular treatment, developed diarrhea that… Read More ›
Julie’s Story
Where are you from? Florida, USA. What percentage better are you? Right now 95% for the last 8 months. What was your diagnosis and what treatments did you try before FMT? I had a terrible case of C-Diff like 9… Read More ›
Interview with Taymount Clinic’s Glenn Taylor
Glenn Taylor is Clinic Director & Food Bacteriologist at Taymount Clinic in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK. Taymount is a natural medicine clinic that specialises in health conditions influenced by the functions of gut flora. What’s your background, and how did you come to run a fecal… Read More ›
Genes on, Genes off: Epigenetics and FMT
Kristina Campbell is a science writer specializing in gut bacteria and health. Her Intestinal Gardener blog covers recent research and issues related to digestive health. Kristina lives in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and yogurt-loving daughter. When was the last time… Read More ›
Madhura’s Story
Editor’s Note I am thrilled to publish this success story from Bangalore, India. In November last year I received an email from Madhura’s husband enquiring about fecal transplant for his wife’s Ulcerative Colitis. Since then I have followed their… Read More ›
Interview with Dr David Shepard M.D.
RDS Infusions is a gastroenterology clinic that assists patients with Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT). R. David Shepard, MD. Is the head of RDS Infusions. He is Board Certified in Gastroenterology and has been practicing in Tampa, Florida, USA for… Read More ›
Human Microbiome Conference Streaming Live: July 24, 25 & 26
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The Ick Factor: Get Over It
Christian John Lillis is co-founder and director, The Peggy Lillis Memorial Foundation, the first national organization dedicated to reducing and eradicating Clostridium difficile infections, or CDIs, through education and advocacy. His mother Peggy died of C Diff. I’ve been struggling with a… Read More ›
14,000 reasons to support Catherine Duff’s Fecal Transplant Foundation
Whenever one person stands up and says ‘wait a minute this is wrong” it helps other people to do the same. Gloria Steinem Catherine Duff is a C. diff. survivor, and was the sole voice representing patients at the… Read More ›
Interview with Dr Mark Davis N.D.
In November 2011, I ran into a friend of mine, GI Dr, Glenn Eisen. He asked how my UC was. I replied that it was under control, but had really not gone into remission for four years, despite Remicade infusions… Read More ›
Why We Fear Poop
Shawn “The Puru” Shafner is a New York based artist, theatre-maker and educator who started The People’s Own Organic Power Project in April 2010 to generate public conversations about our often private business, and encourage people to re-examine their… Read More ›
A Donor’s Story
Hello Poople. My name is Stephen and I’m proud to tell people that I’m a poop donor. Some years ago I read that it’s wise to keep an eye on your poop as a true indicator of your… Read More ›
Ed’s Story
After suffering from IBD since 1978, I am in remission (cured?) 10 months after finishing Fecal Transplant therapy. In 1978, my senior year of high school, I first noticed blood in my stool. My first diagnosis of IBD, ulcerative… Read More ›
Welcome to PoP
Rarely does medical science come up with a treatment so effective, inexpensive, and free of side-effects. The Observer. Welcome to PoP, a patient information resource dedicated to promoting safe accessible Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) and to raising awareness of… Read More ›
Melissa’s Story
As seen on Dr Oz Cured from Clostridium Difficile when everything else failed What % better are you? 95-100% (just IBS and colitis leftover but ZERO c diff) Brief summary of your condition and treatments you tried pre… Read More ›
US Food & Drug Administration classifies FMT an Investigational New Drug
It’s been a glum week in the FMT facebook group this week following cancelled FMT procedures in the wake of the FDA’s classification of FMT as an Investigational New Drug (IND). This decision was confirmed in a letter from the FDA to… Read More ›
Michael’s Story
Michael K Hurst – Cured of Ulcerative Colitis from Fecal Transplants summer 2011. For additional details about Michael’s story or to contact him see his website FecalTransplant.org What % better are you? I am 110% better, I’m actually better now… Read More ›
Kathy’s Story
Hi, I’m Kathy, mom to a nine-year-old girl diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in January 2012 and successfully treated with FMT. I don’t want to know where we would be now if we hadn’t tried it, or if it hadn’t worked. … Read More ›
Gut Intelligence Survey
Are you a digestive illness orphan without medical diagnosis? Or do you have a UC/Crohns diagnosis and get frustrated by the medical community’s enthusiasm for pumping you full of drugs that cause more problems than they solve and the looming… Read More ›
How not to say offensive things to those with chronic invisible illness
I recently discovered an article by psychologist Tamara McClintock Greenberg on Providing Support: How To Talk About Illness and chuckled as I read her concluding advice “Be present and try not to say offensive things”. Her article inspired this rant on the… Read More ›
FMT Goes Commercial
US Angel Investors have invested $5 million in Mikrobex a start up company that will supply pre-screened fecal matter to doctors for use in Fecal Microbiota Transplant. Scientists in Canada have developed synthetic stool called Robogut. Australian FMT pioneer Professor Borody… Read More ›
Rehab for the Gut
They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, “No, no, no” Amy Winehouse Rehab for the digestive system? If you’ve been sick for many years like most people who find this site, then it’s time to take your system… Read More ›