Lindsey Russel and colleagues constructed a review article titled “The need to move away from fecal transplant towards targeted, refined microbiome therapy” (2018) that encourages medical professionals to discard Fecal Transplant Therapy (FTT) altogether. Russel et al combines numerous FTT studies to pinpoint that the interaction between bacteria, viruses, fungal organisms, and organic compounds are points of research to understand how the gut microbiome functions in order to treat unwanted diseases. The purpose of this article is to sway the population from an archaic method, so that we may focus our studies on a more refined microbiome therapy. Russel and colleagues aim to change the view on FTT and better the techniques used in the field of gastroenterology.
