Fecal microbiota transplant has been used as the traditional treatment for C. diff. infection for a little over a decade. The procedure, which is done via colonoscopy, involves transplanting a small ...

When we’re young, our brains retain neuroplasticity as they grow and adapt, a useful attribute that slowly degrades as we age ...

A non-randomized clinical trial examining the safety and acceptability of fecal microbiota transplantation in long-term acute care hospital patients revealed that the intervention is safe and ...

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 ...

Cancer remains notoriously difficult to treat, partly because tumors co‑opt their surrounding environment, including the ...

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 ...

The interplay between the gut microbial community and host immunity has emerged as a critical determinant of transplant outcomes. Following organ transplantation, recipients experience profound shifts ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing both ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). By ...

What Is in the Gut? The human gut microbiota is primarily made up of bacterial organisms residing in the colon, with a smaller percentage of Archaea, eukaryotes, and viruses. The 2 major ...

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 ...