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14.15. Fecal microbiota transplantation for the improvement of metabolism in obesity: The FMT-TRIM double-blind placebo-controlled pilot trial

EW Yu , L Gao , P Stastka , MC Cheney , J Mahabamunuge , M Torres Soto , CB Ford , JA Bryant , MR Henn , EL Hohmann

To read the full abstract: PLoS Med. 2020 Mar 9;17(3):e1003051. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003051.The authors describe a 12-week long randomised controlled trial of weekly oral fecal microbiota transplantation capsules, derived from healthy lean donors, given to 24 adults with obesity and mild–moderate insulin resistance. Despite evidence of successful microbiota engraftment in r...