Faecal Microbiota Transplant Research #3 is a photograph by Lewis Houghton/science Photo Library which was uploaded on October 27th, 2019.
Faecal Microbiota Transplant Research #3
MODEL RELEASED. Faecal microbiota transplant research. Researcher using an air-tight and microbe-free biosafety cabinet in a laboratory while... more
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Faecal Microbiota Transplant Research #3
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Lewis Houghton/science Photo Library
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MODEL RELEASED. Faecal microbiota transplant research. Researcher using an air-tight and microbe-free biosafety cabinet in a laboratory while preparing a petri dish culture for faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). FMT aims to restore the healthy balance of bacteria and other microbes in the colon. It is mostly used for severe and otherwise untreatable conditions such as Clostridium difficile infection. Donors are screened and tested. Stool samples are diluted, filtered and the bacteria preserved before storage at low temperatures. The sample is delivered to the transplant recipient in liquid form. It may be delivered in capsule form, as an enema, via the anus into the large intestine using a colonoscope, or via a tube that enters the nose and passes into the small intestine (a nasoduodenal tube). Photographed in 2017 at a facility operated by Scottish company EnteroBiotix.
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