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Capsule-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplant Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

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Our study was funded by an Anonymous Philanthropic Gift.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    Elizabeth Adler & Adam Tabaa

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    Martin Zydek, Jonathan Terdiman & Najwa El-Nachef

  3. Finch Therapeutics, Somerville, MA, 02143, USA

    Zain Kassam

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Adler, E., Tabaa, A., Kassam, Z. et al. Capsule-Delivered Fecal Microbiota Transplant Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci 64, 2452–2454 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-019-05596-5

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