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Understanding and predicting the efficacy of FMT

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Clinical evaluation of FMT is progressing without an adequate understanding of the underlying ecological dynamics; studies are now beginning to fill these gaps, but consensus will be needed on many fronts.

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Fig. 1: Factors associated with ecological dynamics after FMT, and with FMT success.

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    Aonghus Lavelle

  2. Sorbonne University, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, CRSA, AP-HP, Saint Antoine Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, Paris, France

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  3. Paris Centre for Microbiome Medicine FHU, Paris, France

    Harry Sokol

  4. INRA, UMR1319 Micalis & AgroParisTech, Jouy en Josas, France

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Lavelle, A., Sokol, H. Understanding and predicting the efficacy of FMT. Nat Med 28, 1759–1760 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01991-0

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