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Professor Nash is the principal investigator in a new clinical trial being run by biotherapeutics company Servatus, also based on the Sunshine Coast.

The company has been delving deep into the gut microbiome, which is home to trillions of microbes — including bacteria.

Some microbes are helpful but others can be harmful, triggering disease.

Servatus chief executive Wayne Finlayson said they were using a “consortium” of bacteria to treat immune diseases in the trial.

“They’re actually live bacteria common to your immune system and your body,” Dr Finlayson said.

“We’re developing these drugs to modulate the microbiome and rebalance it … other drugs can be quite nasty and the body tolerates them but after a certain amount of time patients have to switch drugs.

“Hopefully we can provide a much gentler and natural form of treatment.”

Don’t ‘poo-poo’ Poo Transplants

Ogmog said:

Don’t ‘poo-poo’ Poo Transplants

forum were just talking about this shit the other day

SCIENCE said:

Ogmog said:

Don’t ‘poo-poo’ Poo Transplants

forum were just talking about this shit the other day

I met the Australian doctor who invented this. He’s eccentric but decent.

SCIENCE said:

Ogmog said:

Don’t ‘poo-poo’ Poo Transplants

forum were just talking about this shit the other day

That we were.

Kothos said:

SCIENCE said:

Ogmog said:

Don’t ‘poo-poo’ Poo Transplants

forum were just talking about this shit the other day

I met the Australian doctor who invented this. He’s eccentric but decent.

And successful!

Kothos said:

I met the Australian doctor who invented this. He’s eccentric but decent.

Cool!
I reckon the gut microbiome is the next great frontier of our knowledge, like germ theory and things like that. I look forward to a day when almost any ailment can be treated by simply taking a capsule of the right bacteria, and then eating the right things to sustain it. Might not happen within my lifetime though…

becklefreckle said:

Kothos said:

I met the Australian doctor who invented this. He’s eccentric but decent.

Cool!
I reckon the gut microbiome is the next great frontier of our knowledge, like germ theory and things like that. I look forward to a day when almost any ailment can be treated by simply taking a capsule of the right bacteria, and then eating the right things to sustain it. Might not happen within my lifetime though…

They are making progress quite quickly though. We may get to see it.

It would be amazing becklefreckle!

becklefreckle said:

Kothos said:

I met the Australian doctor who invented this. He’s eccentric but decent.

Cool!
I reckon the gut microbiome is the next great frontier of our knowledge, like germ theory and things like that. I look forward to a day when almost any ailment can be treated by simply taking a capsule of the right bacteria, and then eating the right things to sustain it. Might not happen within my lifetime though…

Science Marches Back Assward Into The PAST?
What they seem to be doo-dooing is returning our gutt content to that which
it was naturally in our past before processed foods & “medicines” thru everything out of whack.

Ogmog said:

becklefreckle said:

Kothos said:

I met the Australian doctor who invented this. He’s eccentric but decent.

Cool!
I reckon the gut microbiome is the next great frontier of our knowledge, like germ theory and things like that. I look forward to a day when almost any ailment can be treated by simply taking a capsule of the right bacteria, and then eating the right things to sustain it. Might not happen within my lifetime though…

Science Marches Back Assward Into The PAST?
What they seem to be doo-dooing is returning our gutt content to that which
it was naturally in our past before processed foods & “medicines” thru everything out of whack.

Probably more like farming through everything out of whack. People have been having gut issues for thousands of years.

becklefreckle said:

Cool!
I reckon the gut microbiome is the next great frontier of our knowledge, like germ theory and things like that. I look forward to a day when almost any ailment can be treated by simply taking a capsule of the right bacteria, and then eating the right things to sustain it. Might not happen within my lifetime though…

My cousin (mid 20s) breast cancer last year and recently had a double mastectomy because she carries a faulty gene. Not a breast cancer-specific one, this is a nasty one which likes to cause different cancers such as brain, liver, blood, and breast.

I saw one of her posts in a public fb group asking about which foods to eat. I know she’s asking for woo woo unproven things but it did lead me to wonder about, in the future, being able to target genes with gene therapy, replacing faulty genes, and using diet to support the integration of new genes within the body for overall health.

Studies have indicated that gut biome might also play a role in mental illness. There is so much to learn!