{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"White Coat Black Sheep","title":"Dr. Sabine Hazan on the Microbiome Research Nobody's Funding","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3713,"description":"SHOW NOTES\nDr. Sabine Hazan is a gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, founder of ProgenaBiome and the Microbiome Research Foundation, with practices in both Florida and California. Her background includes three decades of clinical trial work, including trials that brought vaccines and C. difficile treatments to market, before shifting her focus to microbiome research.\nIn this conversation, she and Dr. Civelli cover:\nWhy Dr. Hazan's lab doesn't hand patients a standard report on their microbiome results, describing the science as still at a research level rather than a validated clinical guideline\nHer published research, \"The Lost Microbes of COVID-19,\" documenting bifidobacteria loss in severe COVID-19 patients, and her account of presenting that data directly to CDC scientists\nHer approach to fecal microbiota transplant, including how she evaluates donor compatibility and why she also tests family members and household pets as part of a full case workup\nThe cost and current limitations of fecal transplant as a research-level treatment\nHer ongoing, open-ended research questions connecting gut microbiome balance to autism, described in the interview as her personal clinical hypotheses and research direction rather than an established causal claim. This includes her stated views on vaccine timing, which are presented as open questions she is actively researching, not medical guidance.\nHer work on C. difficile research and engraftment testing after fecal transplant\nPersonal health tracking, including how her wearable ring data (HRV) reflected the stress of frequently flying between her two practices, and her own biological age testing\nHow to reach her practice at ProgenaBiome.com and support her research through the Microbiome Research Foundation\nThe claims and hypotheses described above reflect Dr. Hazan's personal research perspective and clinical experience. Several, particularly those connecting vaccination and autism, are actively contested in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/r7Fg59MgUhATCba7AaSRKVP-0dmWKpcE4ZsKXb08Qjs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mOGVl/NmI3Yzg5ZDdlOGIz/NDcyYTdmZjY4ZDIw/N2E3NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}