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Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances

By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar
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    Abstract

    By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the transplants after 2000; and 3) the situation in May 2013 when the U.S. FDA announced a new—and controversial policy for regulating the procedures.

    Keywords

    Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

    Citation

    Bhide, Amar, and Srikant M. Datar. "Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-132, June 2021.

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    Srikant M. Datar

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