Researchers test whether feces transplantation can help patients with cirrhosis of the liver
Researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital replace sick intestinal bacteria with intestinal bacteria from healthy donors in a treatment intended to help patients with cirrhosis of the liver. The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports the project with just over DKK 13 million.
In Denmark, approximately 15,000 people are diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. The disease has different causes and is serious due to the complications and frequent deterioration associated with it, as well as the high mortality rate.
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Some of the complications are probably due to unwanted interaction between the intestinal bacteria and the liver s disease and function. The researchers are therefore now carrying out a treatment trial with faeces-microbiome transplantation, with the patients sick bacteria being replaced by intestinal bacteria from healthy donors. The goal is to imp
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IMAGE: Hendrik Vilstrup (left rear), Karen Louise Thomsen (front right), Christian Lodberg Hvas and Sidsel Støy are behind the development of the new treatment for patients with cirrhosis of the liver.. view more
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Can cirrhosis of the liver be treated with faeces transplantation?
Researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital replace sick intestinal bacteria with intestinal bacteria from healthy donors in a treatment intended to help patients with cirrhosis of the liver. The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports the project with just over DKK 13 million.
In Denmark, approximately 15,000 people are diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. The disease has different causes and is serious due to the complications and frequent deterioration associated with it, as well as the high mortality rate.