POO transplants could rejuvenate the ovaries to boost fertility, researchers say. The treatment – which involves placing a ...

Bacterial colonies. Image: CDC/Dr. Holdeman. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL). Public Domain, Bacterial colonies. Image: CDC/Dr. Holdeman. Centers for ...

Doctors have upended assumptions about a rare gut disorder by turning to one of medicine’s strangest tools, a transplant of someone else’s stool. Instead of targeting the patient’s organs or immune ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators have developed a new technology to track beneficial bacteria after fecal microbiota transplants (FMT). The approach ...

A new Italian study published in Nature Medicine provides compelling evidence that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy in patients with advanced ...

Researchers reveal that salivary bacteria from gum disease alter gut metabolism, driving osteoclast activity and ...

"When we transplant poo, we want to make sure the donor is free from blood-borne viruses (such as HIV or hepatitis). We also want to make sure their poo is free from parasites, and disease-causing ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a widespread bacterial infection associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. While conventional antibiotic-based treatments have been the gold ...

Sepsis and severe pneumonia are frequently accompanied by disruption of the gut microbiota, leading to immune dysfunction and ...