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RE: The Future Treatment Against Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs May Be Inside of YOU Right Now
As gross as it sounds but have you heard of Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT)? This uses microbiomes from healthy donors and transplant them to treat resistant bacteria. There has been a lot of success in the treatment of antibiotic resistance C. Diff. Good post. The microbiome is so interesting, you just gained a follower!
I have indeed heard about FMT. It is one of the only ways to treat C difficil infection actually. There are also some clinical trials going on with regards to its use in treating a variety of other intestinal diseases IIRC.
We have known about the human microbiome for quite a long time, but its really only in the past few years that we have begun to understand just how involved it is to our overall well being. There is a surprising amount of communication (chemically) that occurs between our gut bacteria and our own body. It's a fascinating field of study and one of the areas that I think we are going to be seeing a lot more from in the next couple of decades.
I love learning more and more about the mircobiome. It is really crazy Ed Yong is an so knowledgeable in the field. In this talk, he brings up how interconnected we are with all these microorganisms.
I believe this is going to be the more powerful way to treat disease in the future.