Recent content by Michael Harrop

Yeah it was an odd article. There were so many other interesting things that could have been covered. For example, the journalist noticed a trend of most recipients ordering FMT due to being harmed by antibiotics. I mentioned to the journalist that there are lots of laypeople who exhibit hostile...

Flagyl/Metronidazole was quite harmful for me as well.

I was thinking about this in the context of the media always complaining that they're dying and can't afford to fund themselves. For the past two days there have been dozens of articles in my news feed covering the same trivial story about one person doing DIY FMT from their boyfriend. Somehow...

https://slate.com/life/2024/05/fecal-transplant-fmt-c-diff-microbiome-poop-black-market.html Kind of an odd article. Amusing, seemingly agenda-driven, occasionally deceptive, but not all bad. I'm curious what impact this article will have. Will it be better or worse than the "complete silence"...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-term-ketogenic-diet-accumulates-aged.html https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado1463

https://www.circularonline.co.uk/news/uk-governments-announce-ban-on-wet-wipes-containing-plastic/ Nice to see the public and government supportive and taking steps to reduce plastic waste. Petition your own government to do the same!

It appears that the Microbioma guys successfully abused Reddit's automated systems to get the /r/Microbioma subreddit erroneously banned for spam https://web.archive.org/web/20240518081007/https://old.reddit.com/r/Microbioma/. They may be successful in getting Reddit to hand the sub over to them...

The OP covered a unique method that one study used for diabetes patients. The next comment covers the possibility of using NAC. A colon cleanse doesn't seem sufficient https://humanmicrobiome.info/fmt/#before-the-procedure.

Related threads: Improve FMT effectiveness with mucus and biofilm dissolver? N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) FMT engraftment Strategies To Increase The Effectiveness Of FMT

I posted about this a few years ago elsewhere and I'm copying all the info here for easy discussion. "While fecal microbiota is partially normalized by extended co-housing, mucosal communities associated with the proximal colon and terminal ileum remain stable and distinct". Comparison of...

I remember reading something on this topic but my memory is terrible right now and I can't remember exactly what it was. But this seems like something that should be tested in animal models first. I covered the possibility of a "mucosal microbiota transplant" in my FMT roadmap proposal. I...

There appears to be an impact on lifespan, but not that much research on it yet https://humanmicrobiome.info/aging/. Most of the research looks focused on healthspan.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1044459 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2818278

https://www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2024.0321

https://humanmicrobiome.info/faq/ https://humanmicrobiome.info/probiotic-guide/ In my opinion (+ https://humanmicrobiome.info/antibiotics/), nothing but FMT will reverse that damage.