Centre for Digestive Diseases

Business View Oceania images. Such fibres could of course could break and you would have those little black spots everywhere. And now we have these very high resolution chips at the end of the colonoscope or endoscope and we see everything in amazing resolution; little polyps, changes in the lining. We also have the ability to biopse cancer from a dis- tance. Together with this, we have im- aging like MRI, CT and PET scans that allow us to look within the various lay- ers of the body and diagnose more rapidly”, explains Prof Borody. Being able to take a close look into the microbiome world has opened up the door to understanding diseases they simply could not have seen before. As a leader of the field, the CDD receives requests for consultation from people all over the world and while the CDD doctors try to accommodate such re- quests, they have to deny many due to their sheer volume. Thankfully, this explosion in technology has paved the way for incredible innovations in the entire industry which can be trans- ferred to other countries. Focusing on the future Right now, Prof Borody is planning on expanding the CDD to a larger facility. For instance, they are planning on hav- ing at least five endoscopy rooms in the new location. To put things in per- spective, the CDD currently has two