Bright future for gut bacteria and donors after BBC endorsement, say specialists

One of the world’s leading specialists in a pioneering treatment using gut bacteria to help restore health says it hopes in less than a generation’s time faecal bacteria donation will be as common as blood donors.Microbiologist Glenn Taylor, Founder of the Taymount Clinic, in Hertfordshire, which treats people from all over the world with pioneering Faecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT), comments come after the BBC referred to the treatment as ‘a doctors dream’ and, ‘almost a miracle’ in its Trust Me I’m a Doctor programme. “The world is sitting up and noting the power of the microbiome,”