Microbial restitution of the inflamed gut

According to a study published in journal American Journal of Gastroenterology the researchers explored the treatment called the ‘fecal microbiota transplantation’ could be of great use to support microbial recolonization of the gut of patients with chronic intestinal inflammation (ulcerative colitis). As about two million European people are suffering from chronic inflammatory bowel diseases and this discovery could be a real help for them. Through this the patients can be treated properly. The team member of the study, Alexander Loy from the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Research from University of Vienna explains, “So far, it has not been sufficiently tested whether and how successful fecal transplantation is for the permanent settlement of microbiota from a healthy donor to a patient. That is why we have followed the composition of the intestinal microbiota of patients using modern DNA sequencing methods over a period of up to three months after treatment.”