By Angela Kelly Demand for Stool Donors Grows as Benefits of fecal microbiota transplant are recognized June 5, 2018 [MedicalXpress] New research shows that when recruiting stool donors, appealing to a concern for others is the best motivator. Click here to read more about the study. Nancy Oliver & Christian …
By Angela Kelly “I Had A Fecal Transplant and It Saved My Life” May 29, 2018 [HuffPost Personal] Tracy Tuft writes candidly about her experience with refractory C. diff and, with her husband as her donor, the fecal transplant that saved her life. Click here to read full article. Treating …
By Angela Kelly Panel Discusses Treatment Options for Newly Diagnosed C. difficile May 22, 2018 [MD Magazine] Fidaxomicin is a relatively new C. diff drug, approved for the treatment of Clostridium difficile in 2011. It is equally effective as the antibiotic vancomycin; however, it significantly reduces the rate of recurrent …
By Angela Kelly Clostridium Difficile Toxin B Discovery May Lead to Novel Anti-Cancer Drugs May 11, 2018 [ScienceDaily] Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and Harvard University “have discovered how the Clostridium difficile toxin B (TcdB) recognizes the human Frizzled protein, the receptor it uses to invade intestinal cells …
Fresh off Peggy Lillis Foundation’s most successful FIGHT C. DIFF Gala, our Board member Jeff Pollack organized an amazing concert, Music Matters, featuring Hip Pocket at The Cutting Room in New York City. Celebrating the band’s 19.5-year anniversary, Music Matters raised more than $18,000 to support PLF’s mission of combating …
