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FMT for ulcerative colitis: closer to the turning point

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A new study shows that a sustainable faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) treatment protocol, including anaerobic sample preparation, induces remission of active ulcerative colitis. The promising results are another piece in the puzzle, but it is not yet possible to draw conclusions and implement the procedure in clinical practice.

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    Giovanni Cammarota & Gianluca Ianiro

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Cammarota, G., Ianiro, G. FMT for ulcerative colitis: closer to the turning point. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 16, 266–268 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-019-0131-0

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