A new study from the University of Minnesota Medical School has demonstrated that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can ...

Researchers examined 72 patients who had at least three bouts of recurrent C. diff in a clinical trial. They treated the patients with fresh, frozen or freeze-dried fecal microbiota transplant ...

Her son had been sick for four months when Blanca Morales started asking about a transplant. It had started with a case of strep throat from Mundo’s first-grade class — routine enough, treatable with ...

There are inherent risks in biotech investing. A decade’s worth and often hundreds of millions of dollars in R&D, along with binary risks of failed clinical trials or regulatory approval. Above and ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research. The ...

SEATTLE, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark achievement for its pioneering spirulina-based drug development platform, Lumen announced today top-line results from the sentinel cohort of its ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation has become one of the most effective treatments for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections, but its long-term role in gastroenterology may hinge on moving ...

People with pneumonia who have experienced Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections may be able to reduce recurrences if they take doxycycline instead of the standard treatment. The study comes ...

Christian John Lillis, cofounder and executive director of the Peggy Lillis Foundation for C difficile Education & Advocacy, explained how FDA-approved microbiome-based therapeutics help to treat and ...

A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

Anne J. Gonzales-Luna, research assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, is reporting the weakening of ...