Studies in mice have garnered attention for a remarkable result: When the feces of one mouse was transplanted to another mouse, the recipient mouse either gained or lost weight. But can these ...

After tracking biosynthetic gene clusters in 86 adults for a year, researchers found that stable gene groups predict which donor microbes persist after fecal microbiota transplantation.

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

Valerie Taylor's research explores links between gut bacteria and bipolar disorder, testing faecal microbiota transplants as potential treatments for mental illness.

It might be worth exploring stool transplant to treat COVID-19 infection, suggest doctors in a letter publishedin the journal Gut, after they used the procedure in two patients to prevent the ...

A meta-analysis of randomized trials suggests fecal microbiota transplantation can ease depressive symptoms, with stronger effects reported for endoscopic or enema delivery, according to researchers ...

One patient died and four were hospitalized after receiving OpenBiome stool transplants as a treatment for Clostridium difficile, the FDA said in a March 12 safety alert. In total, six patients ...

Q: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with antibiotics, ...

Stollman is chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and works at the East Bay Center for Digestive Health, both in Oakland, California.. Twenty years ago, a ...

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 ...

Dear Doctors: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with ...