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    Ethical Issues in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Practice
    with Yonghui Ma, Catherine Rhodes, Yongzhan Nie, and Faming Zhang
    American Journal of Bioethics 17 (5): 34-45. 2017.
    Fecal microbiota transplantation has demonstrated efficacy and is increasingly being used in the treatment of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Despite a lack of high-quality trials to provide more information on the long-term effects of FMT, there has been great enthusiasm about the potential for expanding its applications. However, FMT presents many serious ethical and social challenges that must be addressed as part of a successful regulatory policy response. In this ar…Read more