In response to Sidonicus1 because misleading information does not help ANY of us who want this disease confined only to the history books where it belongs. "The most entertaining part is he is obviously on green-screen. Sky have photo-bombed him into the background of a hospital to make it look like he is talking from a hospital? Why? Were they artificially injecting credibility?"Actually, my son is his patient - he cured my then teenage son of widespread extensive Crohn's Disease 9 years ago (a supposedly incurable disease). The man is a genius. The hospital beds you see are in his own Centre For Digestive Diseases so there is absolutely NO artificial credibility here as you mention. https://centrefordigestivediseases.com/about-us/ - you can see on their webpage he has his own hospital in the facility. My own son has been on a couple of those beds in the background quite a few times over the years after colonoscopy procedures, it's not wise to make assumptions you know nothing about or have not investigated that mislead other ignorant people.
I note Professor Borody's extensive credentials far outweigh that of Associate Professor Steven Tong who it seems was not even bothered to investigate first hand the studies that Professor Borody researched... "pretty poor quality as far as I understand" (did he find this out second hand and was told this by someone or do his own research) - might have been better for him to investigate thoroughly before making such comments that are taken by others as gospel.
Professor Borody's impressive credentials including the much rarer DSc: Prof Thomas Borody MD PhD DSc FRACP FACP FACG AGAF FRSN Director, Centre for Digestive Diseases Director, Microbiome Therapeutics Institute
Before you make criticisms about this man it might be worthwhile exploring his credentials and why he is more than qualified to extrapolate data from studies, and produce a cocktail of drugs that when used TOGETHER appear thus far to kill Covid-19 prior to a person becoming extremely ill from it.
WHO IS PROFESSOR THOMAS BORODY?
Professor Tom Borody MD PhD DSc FRACP FACP FACG AGAF FRSN, (an impressive list of letters isn't it?), is a world leading gastroenterologist. In 1984, after a distinguished career in leading hospitals including St Vincents, Sydney and The Mayo Clinic in the USA, he founded The Centre For Digestive Diseases in Five Dock, Sydney Australia.
Professor Borody has world renowned expertise in treating infection, and infectious diseases with novel therapies - already approved drugs that he often combines and repurposes for other medical conditions. He is a pioneer in these fields.
Professor Borody holds over 150 patents in areas such as; treatment of Helicobacter pylori, Crohn’s disease, bowel lavage, IBS and FMT.
His knowledge and expertise are sought after by clinicians from around the world. He is a reviewer for leading medical journals including:
• Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
• World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Editorial Board)
In about 1983-1984, when he first heard Barry Marshall and Robin Warren suggest that peptic ulcers were not caused by stress and acid, his thoughts were,
“What if it’s an infection? We should be able to cure it”.
He went on to develop the treatment to kill that bacterium known as helicobacter pylori, that has saved Australia well over $10.3 billion dollars, thousands of Australian lives, and the lives of millions around the world. Barry Marshall and Robin Warren won the Nobel Prize for medicine for their discovery in 2005. There was much opposition to this idea and it took over two decades AND a Nobel Prize for this to be accepted by many of Professor Borody’s peers. PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
• In 2017, Professor Borody was awarded the prestigious 'Doctor of Science' for his 30 years of pioneering, life-saving work in the field of developing novel therapies for gut dysbiosis. Here is the link to his thesis.
The Doctor of Science is the *highest* academic award in science in Australia and also some other countries. It is designed to give formal public recognition to eminent scholars who have made substantial, original and distinguished contributions to scientific knowledge in an identified field of science.
• In 2018, he was listed among the University of NSW alumni high achievers for
"Medicine & Health: Dr Thomas Borody, BSc (Med) 1972, MB BS 1975, MD 1984
As Director of Sydney’s Centre for Digestive Diseases, Tom has championed faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for 25 years. Through his pioneering work manipulating the bacteria that live in the human gut, Tom has made huge strides in establishing new treatments for Crohn's disease, colitis, auto immune-diseases and neurological conditions, while reportedly preventing 18,655 premature deaths, and saving $10.03 billion in health costs in Australia alone. "
Professor Borody is not just an innovative gastroenterologist. He is an expert in infectious diseases and in repurposing already approved drugs (in other words, drugs that have been through safety trials, are already available for other medical conditions and are therefore inexpensive). He already has 4 FDA approved recombined drugs which is no easy feat by any means, as well as ongoing worldwide Phase 3 trials for a triple antibiotic treatment he developed for Crohn’s Disease, called RHB-104. The formula is based on increasing evidence supporting the hypothesis that Crohn’s disease is caused by the Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) infection in susceptible patients rather than being an autoimmune disease.
Professor Borody pioneered Faecal Microbiota Transplantation which has saved the lives of thousands of people from the potentially deadly gut infection called "Clostridium Difficile".
He has expertise in parasitic, bacterial and viral infection, including rare, tropical diseases.
