Clinical Trial Finds Fecal Microbial Transplantation An Effective Treatment For Ulcerative Colitis

A Spectrum Health clinical trial has found that fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) has resulted in the improvement or absence of symptoms in most pediatric patients with active ulcerative colitis. The phase I clinical trial of the procedure was conducted by members of the Pediatric Specialty Department of the Spectrum Health Medical Group at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, the first in the country to study FMT in children...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Crohn's / IBD Source Type: news