Novel Treatment for C. Difficile

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110821141128.htm

ScienceDaily (Aug. 21, 2011) — Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a molecular process by which the body can defend against the effects ofClostridium difficile infection (CDI), pointing the way to a promising new approach for treating an intestinal disease that has become more common, more severe and harder to cure in recent years.

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UGH! Where was this article two semesters ago when I could have used it for my class presentation? LOL.

Hopefully, they'll be able to prove this works. Currently the "gold standard" of treatment for C- Diff is to perform a fecal transplant. (Yup...exactly what it sounds like, only not as gross as you may think.) I'll have to pass it along to my Microbiology instructor. I know she'd like to read it. Thanks!