“CRAPSULES” ARE THE FUTURE
Infusion is the main challenge for FMT – for some patients the effects don’t last once they stop the treatment.
So for Borody’s team, the next step in FMT is administering microbiota via oral “crapsules” as he puts it, which he says overcomes the problem of implantation as patients can take the medication continuously.
“The question of long-term implantation without having to take six capsules day keeps looming,” he said. “Until we solve that, the answer will be continuous ingestion.”
His clinic is freeze-drying faeces and making them into powder for a capsule trial coming up later this year. In case you’re wondering, faecal donors must meet a strict health criteria before samples can be used.