Belgian scientists are looking for donors…fecal donors to help people with illnesses ranging from bowel disorders to neurological diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s disease, autism, and even cancer.
Researchers are performing fecal transplants on patients. Dr. Daliah says they extract microorganisms from the colon in healthy donors and transfer it to sick patients in hope of repopulating their guts…… but not in the way you may think.
“What they’re going to do once the pharmaceutical companies take over, is they’re going to capture the bacteria that live very symbiotically in the body and we take that in pill form. So it will be before it actually becomes poop, so we’re not going to have to drink a Belgium chocolate looking flurry.”
Ghent hospital scientists say the toughest part is finding donors. Not only is it hard to talk about, they say a lot of people don’t really feel moved to donate.
Dr. Daliah was a guest on McIntyre in the Morning.
Sharon Reardon, KABC News
