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Faecal transplants could help patients with a dangerous form of skin cancer respond to immunotherapy, research suggests.
Faecal transplants involve stool and the microbes it contains being taken from one individual and introduced into the gut of another person.
The approach has become a promising treatment for recurring clostridium difficile infections, and is also being explored for a host of other conditions including inflammatory bowel disease.
Now researchers say it may also help patients with melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that can be treated with immunotherapy.
“[Immunotherapy] works by essentially unleashing the body’s own immune cells against the cancer,” said Dr Diwakar Davar, a co-author of the study from the University of Pittsburgh. “The problem is that these drugs don’t work perfectly, in that they don’t work all the time.”
www.theguardian.com
Read 'Gut' by Giulia Enders! 🙂
Faecal transplants involve stool and the microbes it contains being taken from one individual and introduced into the gut of another person.
The approach has become a promising treatment for recurring clostridium difficile infections, and is also being explored for a host of other conditions including inflammatory bowel disease.
Now researchers say it may also help patients with melanoma, a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that can be treated with immunotherapy.
“[Immunotherapy] works by essentially unleashing the body’s own immune cells against the cancer,” said Dr Diwakar Davar, a co-author of the study from the University of Pittsburgh. “The problem is that these drugs don’t work perfectly, in that they don’t work all the time.”
Faecal transplants could help patients with form of skin cancer
Only 30%-50% of melanoma patients respond to immunotherapy but research suggests the gut could help
www.theguardian.com
Read 'Gut' by Giulia Enders! 🙂
