The gut microbiome is home to trillions of species that work to regulate the immune response, fertility, and emotional health in exchange for food and shelter.
Fecal transplants could be the answer to treating one of the most common life-threatening intestinal infections.
Considering no two gut microbiomes are alike, researchers observed the interactions between microbes of different ecosystems during a fecal transplant.
Researchers discovered that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) impacts the gut bacteria of mice, and transplantation of bacteria from mice with the condition can cause changes in the recipient mouse’s heart.
Researchers from the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are proposing the widespread banking of stool samples for fecal transplants later in life.
Fecal transplants could potentially protect newborns who received antibiotics that killed “good” gut bacteria
Research from just last year showed how fecal transplants restored cognitive function in aging mice.
Common gut bacteria can feed the growth of prostate cancer while shielding tumors from the effects of treatment, a new study finds.
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy, non-allergic donors are allowing some severely allergic young adults to safely ingest small amounts of peanut.
Could the cure for cognitive decline — and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s — be fecal transplants?