On at 11.30am EST - webcast

Talk on role of intestinal microbiota on IBD at the gutmicrobiota for health conference can be watched live this morning (or afternoon here in Europe), 11.30am in Miami
http://www.gutmicrobiotaforhealth.com/gmfh2014-live-video-twitter-streams-5516

Also, 11am for IBS talk

Great - R Balfour Sartor starts his talk with "I don't understand ulcerative colitis". *sigh*

Still an interesting talk nevertheless!

I am watching with fascination. A couple of interesting takeaways...Vancomycin alters insulin sensitivity and can push someone over the line from metabolic syndrome to type2 diabetes...butyrate is protective...obesity can be transmitted with FMT.

I am taking notes, many of these points are being tweeted.

One delegate just made the comment that the FDA is hindering studies by requiring "safety" studies and compliance with all "drug" safety rubrics for things like probiotics and food therapies before efficacy studies can be performed.

Maybe you were all aware (I wasn't) , but the FDA also classifies stool (as in FMT) as a drug.