A new study details how fecal transplants from older female mice significantly improve ovarian function and fertility in ...

The practice of using fecal transplants to treat severe and sometimes fatal infections — including recurrent Clostridium difficile — is on the rise, but more research on the long-term effects of the ...

What is the gut virome? The gut virome is a diverse community of viruses that inhabit the intestinal ecosystem. The gut virome is dominated by bacteriophages that infect and regulate bacteria, along ...

Fecal transplants from old female mice appear to boost fertility and ovarian health in younger ones. The findings, detailed ...

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.

A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the ...

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. —D. H. Lawrence Yes, fecal transplants are a thing. And they are just as cringeworthy as you might imagine. But to ...

Fecal microbiota transplants may enhance patients’ response to immunotherapy, but experts caution that the latest data remain proof-of-concept and far from practice-changing.

CHICAGO — Although results from the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of fecal microbiota transplant in patients with active ulcerative colitis are negative, study investigators remain ...