Friday, June 27, 2014

FDA grapples with oversight of fecal transplants

In this Thursday, June 19, 2014 photo, technical assistant Eliska Didyk transfers human fecal matter solution into a bottle in an OpenBiome laboratory, in Medford, Mass. With many patients no longer responding to potent antibiotics, stool has emerged as a surprisingly effective treatment for hard-to-treat gut infections. Fecal transplants pose a unique challenge for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been trying to confirm the safety of the new therapy by regulating it as an experimental drug. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a low-cost treatment for a life-threatening infection that could cure up to 90 percent of patients with minimal side effects, often in a few days.








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