Achieving Cures Together is on a mission to save lives by advancing microbiome research. Through our partnership with the University of Minnesota, we provide safe, high-quality microbiota therapies to patients, clinicians and research organizations around the country conducting clinical trials.
As we look to 2025, please join us in celebrating 10-years of life-saving treatments. We will be hosting health condition specific webinars throughout 2025 to celebrate. Let us know what areas of health you’d be interested in learning more about at www.achievingcures.com/update.
As we reflect on this past year, the Achieving Cures Together team and our research partners are thankful for the generosity that has fueled our mission, to save lives by advancing microbiota research. Your support has given hope and life to patients and families. We're grateful for your consideration of ACT in your year-end giving as we look forward to our 2025 research goals and partnerships. Thank you!
Achieving Cures Together hosted our 4th annual Growing Hope fundraiser this fall. Through the support of our 220 guests and seventeen corporate sponsors, we raised over $185,000 towards patient treatments and research! Thank you for your partnership and generosity!
Inflammatory Bowel Disease impacts over 3 million individuals in the United States alone. Dr. Byron Vaughn and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota are investigating the impact of the microbiome in these complex diseases. Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a debilitating and chronic condition where the immune system causes inflammation and ulcers in the colon. At Growing Hope, Dr. Vaughn shared three components that contribute to UC, Genetic Predisposition, Abnormal Immune Response and Inappropriate Environmental or Microbial Stimuli. FDA approved treatments for UC currently focus on the body’s immune response. Dr. Vaughn’s team is investigating how microbial transplants can target the underlying problem, gut microbiota. In a recent trial, UC patients receiving microbial transplant therapy saw a dramatic response in comparison to patients receiving placebo. In addition, when patients who received placebo initially, later received microbiota transplant therapy, they also saw benefits. Dr. Vaughn’s team is translating the study data and working to publish the results. Dr. Vaughn and his team are also leading a new multi-center trial using microbiota transplant therapy for Crohn’s Disease patients and plan to enroll over 100 patients through 6 centers nationally over three years.
Tim’s wife, Kathy, shared, “I feel God sent Dr. Khoruts to us not only to save Tim, but to save me too. In total during this process, my husband was diagnosed with West Nile Disease, Encephalitis, Aspiration Pneumonia, fulminant and very severe C. difficile infection, inflammation of the colon, medical sepsis and profound shock. Tim was slowly improving after each microbiota transplant, but finally after the fourth colonoscopy transplant was when he made more significant improvement. Tim still had a journey for recovery including recovery centers, a feeding tube placed in his stomach, and a specific type of antibiotics that wouldn’t bring back the C. diff. Tim finally was able to come home in mid February of this year, six months after our difficult journey started. Tim is still recovering, making small improvements and gaining back pieces of his independence, including recently starting driving again. This is my testimony of Growing Hope.” Watch Tim & Kathy’s story at: www.achievingcures.com/stories/tim-kathys-story.
ACT’s race team hit the pavement on October 6th for our 9th Twin Cities Marathon weekend and 6th year as an official charity partner. Our race team members dedicate their time, sweat, and occasionally blood and tears to support microbiota treatments for patients and research. Since 2016, over 100 runners have joined our team ranks and have raised over $350,000. Thank you for your commitment to saving lives and advancing research!
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