F as Fecal microbiota transplantation

2021-04-23T11:39:51+02:0022 February 2019|F, Glossary|Comments Off on F as Fecal microbiota transplantation

Fecal microbiota transplantation, fecal transplantation or fecal bacteriotherapy… different names that mean one thing: the stool transfer from one individual to another. Often badly perceived, they can save lives. We all know health scandals where food has been contaminated with fecal bacteria. However, some fecal bacteria can help treat people. More concretely, fecal transplantation is the stool administration process of a healthy individual to the digestive tract of a person who suffer from a pathology related to an alteration of the intestinal microbiota (dysbiosis). The therapeutic goal is to recolonize the intestinal microbiota of the patient by introducing healthy bacteria and [...]