You may be sitting on – so to speak – a very valuable asset that scientists would love to get their hands on: your poop. As well as blood, plasma and organs, you can now donate fecal samples to stool ...

It may sound a little gross, but your poop could hold the key to saving lives. While many of us have been flushing it away ...

The documentary features a woman named Daniell Koepke who talks about how she has found relief from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by performing a DIY poop transplant at home, using her brother's ...

Transferring feces from a healthy patient to a patient with an imbalanced population of bacteria is growing in popularity as a way to regulate gut health and fight off nasty infections like C.

When most people think about donating body parts to science or medicine, they might think of life-saving donations of organs, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On April 26, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first ...

A single fecal transplantation is not more effective than the existing standard of care — administration of oral vancomycin taper — for treating patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection ...

A phase 1 clinical trial exploring the use of fecal transplants to supplement immunotherapy treatment for melanoma has found it to be safe and has the potential to improve patients’ response to ...

Tim Story, a high school football coach and teacher in Hattiesburg, Miss., was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. In the spring of 2022, Tim Story’s doctor told him that he likely had just months to live.

A study testing fecal transplantation for babies born by cesarean section found that 42% of mothers carried potentially harmful pathogens. The most identified pathogen was group B Streptococcus. More ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are looking at a capsule as an alternative to surgery for fecal transplants. Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images New research into fecal transplants may turn ...

In the spring of 2022, Tim Story’s doctor told him that he likely had just months to live. Story, a high school football coach in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had been diagnosed with Stage 3 small bowel ...