For the first time in the world, feces transplantation is approved by regulatory authorities, the next goal is to create 'super poop'
Australian regulators have approved fecal transplants for the first time in the world. Collecting and transplanting microorganisms from the feces of healthy people is said to be useful in the treatment of colitis and other diseases. At the time of writing the article, fecal transplantation is performed through the large intestine, but oral administration may be possible in the near future.
Australia gives world-first approval for faecal transplants to restore gut health |
A company called BiomeBank, based in Adelaide, Australia, has received approval for fecal transplants from the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia's medicines regulator. Approved treatments are limited to recurrent conditions caused by the bacterium Clostridioides difficile.
Clostridioides difficile is a common intestinal bacterium, but it can cause colitis and diarrhea in people with weakened immune systems. The approved BiomeBank will be able to collect intestinal bacteria from healthy people and transplant bacterial strains to affected patients.
BiomeBank CEO Sam Costello said, ``This treatment has been available to patients on an interim basis for several years, but the approval will ensure basic drug-level standards.'' .
BiomeBank builds a library with strains obtained from donors, but there are few suitable donors and it is difficult to secure. Excellent donors are sometimes called 'unicorns' because of their rarity.
``It paves the way for approval of treatments for other diseases,'' Costello said, as this is the first time in the world that a fecal transplant has been approved by a regulatory authority. According to Costello, the next step is to create a 'super poo' that can target specific diseases.
'We're trying to culture individual bacteria to create a large fecal library,' Costello said. It's also scalable, and will make it easier to reach far more patients.'
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