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Prof Thomas Borody, at the Centre for Digestive Diseases in Australia, is now claiming in a new study that his faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can place Crohn’s disease into prolonged remission (an average of 8 years remission and counting). See this article:
Scientists claim to have CURED Crohn's disease after a treatment of antibiotics and faecal transplants sparks long-lasting 'profound remissions'
Prof Borody is the founder of the Centre for Digestive Diseases.
I am skeptical of Borody's work, because years ago he claimed a similar great success in treating ME/CFS using bacteriotherapy (his ME/CFS study is here). In his study he said his FMT resolved all symptoms of 58% of ME/CFS patients who had comorbid IBS. Which would be a miracle by any standards.
Yet at Borody's own clinic, the the Centre for Digestive Diseases, he does not appear offer bacteriotherapy or FMT treatment for ME/CFS. So his study claims to have found an amazing cure for ME/CFS, but mysteriously he is not offering this treatment?!
Clearly something is not right here. If he found a highly effective cure for ME/CFS, why is he not offering this therapy?
I actually wrote to Prof Borody, asking him about his bacteriotherapy ME/CFS study. I asked if he is still using his bacteriotherapy approach on ME/CFS patients, and if so, if he is still getting the same success rate? But I got no reply. All rather dubious.
So I am skeptical of Borody's latest work on Crohn's. We have to be careful that his papers are not just adverts for his own private clinic.
Scientists claim to have CURED Crohn's disease after a treatment of antibiotics and faecal transplants sparks long-lasting 'profound remissions'
Prof Borody is the founder of the Centre for Digestive Diseases.
I am skeptical of Borody's work, because years ago he claimed a similar great success in treating ME/CFS using bacteriotherapy (his ME/CFS study is here). In his study he said his FMT resolved all symptoms of 58% of ME/CFS patients who had comorbid IBS. Which would be a miracle by any standards.
Yet at Borody's own clinic, the the Centre for Digestive Diseases, he does not appear offer bacteriotherapy or FMT treatment for ME/CFS. So his study claims to have found an amazing cure for ME/CFS, but mysteriously he is not offering this treatment?!
Clearly something is not right here. If he found a highly effective cure for ME/CFS, why is he not offering this therapy?
I actually wrote to Prof Borody, asking him about his bacteriotherapy ME/CFS study. I asked if he is still using his bacteriotherapy approach on ME/CFS patients, and if so, if he is still getting the same success rate? But I got no reply. All rather dubious.
So I am skeptical of Borody's latest work on Crohn's. We have to be careful that his papers are not just adverts for his own private clinic.
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