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.

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.

The transplant of older poop actually seemed to boost the health of their ovaries. Consistently, young mice that received ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saffron Cassaday, right, pictured with her husband and stool donor, Al Mukadam. Cassaday did fecal microbiota transplantation, ...

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

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for Parkinson's disease (PD) is safe but does not offer clinically meaningful improvement in symptoms, results of a new, randomized placebo-controlled trial show ...

Scientists have identified why some gut microbes successfully stay in the gut after fecal transplants, while others are much more transient. The King's College London discovery could help make the ...

Fecal microbiota transplant was noninferior to vancomycin as the initial treatment for C. diff in a randomized, open-label trial. Transplant showed slightly higher cure rates without recurrence and ...

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 ...

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 ...