By identifying the microbes and metabolic pathways responsible for a rare, gut-induced condition known as auto-brewery ...
Doctors have upended assumptions about a rare gut disorder by turning to one of medicine’s strangest tools, a transplant of ...
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 ...
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Fecal transplants have been successfully used to treat gastrointestinal conditions. Researchers are currently studying whether they may also be used for weight loss and other metabolic issues. A fecal ...
As of this writing, researchers at Helsinki University Hospital in Finland have initiated a randomized control trial to assess FMT as a treatment for morbid obesity. A total of 40 patients meeting 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 ...