The new era of treatment for obesity: evidence and expectations for gut microbiome transplantation

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Despite a better understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and growing treatment options, a significant proportion of obese patients do not respond to treatment. Recently, microbes residing in the human gastrointestinal tract have been found to act as...

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Main Authors: Thilini N Jayasinghe, Valentina eChiavaroli, David J Holland, Wayne S Cutfield, Justin M O'Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
FMT
GIT
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00015/full