Scientists seek donors with "supernatural stool"

Scientists believe that some people's stools may contain a perfect combination of bacteria that can treat certain types of intestinal diseases.

Claudia Campinella says she wants to become a "donor" because she's read that vegetarians are likely to be "good donors for excrement".

There is no convincing evidence that vegetarian feces are better than any other person's, but experts are looking into the characteristics of the best stool donor.

And looking d. Justin O 'Sullivan, an expert in molecular biology at the University of Auckland, is interested in the identifiers and characteristics of donors with special feces.

Stool ideal?

Millions of bacteria and microbes in our bodies live in our bodies, a "society" that has its unique characteristics for everyone.

Although fecal implantation is a relatively new field, research to date shows that some donors are better than others.

"We have noticed that the stools of some donors, excellent donors, have doubled the results compared to other donors," said D Sullivan.

We hope to be able to know how this is going, to improve stool transplants or test them to treat new cases such as Alzheimer's disease, asthma and multiple sclerosis. plates.

D. John Landy, a gastroenterologist who aids in the process of stool placement, with the idea of ​​a private stool donor, but states that it can be difficult to find anyone. one, without knowing why someone is a special product for stool.

Fecal spores

A research paper by Dr. O. Sullivan published in the Journal and Infection Microbiology Cell borders The presence of many different bacteria in the stool can have beneficial effects on health.

The presence of a greater number of species of microbes in feces is one of the important factors to get good results when treating feces. Patients who respond well to this treatment develop more diverse microbes.

Studies indicate that success depends on the adequacy of the donor to the recipient.

Julie Macdonald, a microbiologist at Imperial College London, is studying ways to increase the chances of successful fecal implantation.

Fecal implants are currently used to treat a serious disease of the large intestine caused by an infection called Clostridium davisyl.

The patient can contract this infection if antibiotics are used to eliminate beneficial microbes in the large intestine.

According to Dr. MacDonald's research, fecal implantation could replace microbes lost due to the use of antibiotics.

Claudia hopes that people will overcome the psychological barrier and consider becoming a donor of faeces. The process is simple: the donor should only get a special container from the hospital, drop off the sample and send it back to the hospital.