All fecal microbiota transplants articles
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NewsFecal transplants: Promising treatment or potential health risk?
New research shows that transplanting microbes from only one section of the digestive tract can have long-lasting, unintended consequences.
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NewsTo restore gut health, a healthy diet outperforms fecal transplants
When our microbial ranks are damaged or depleted — whether by inflammatory bowel diseases, antibiotic regimens or bone marrow transplants — it is crucial to restore them. According to a new study, the most effective way of rebuilding the microbiome is also the simplest: maintaining a healthy diet.
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NewsAntibiotic exposure in infancy may boost Type 1 diabetes risk - but microbiota can help
Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt the growth of insulin-producing cells and may boost risk of diabetes later in life. But the research pinpoints specific microbes that may help those critical cells proliferate in early life.
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NewsSynthetic microbiome therapy suppresses bacterial infection without antibiotics
A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, protects against severe symptoms of a gut infection that is notoriously difficult-to-treat and potentially life threatening in humans. Clostridioides difficile is a bacterium that can cause severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and colon inflammation.
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NewsStudy expands understanding of how fecal microbiota transplants may work to restore gut health
In a novel study that identified male chromosome genetic material in the intestines of female patients undergoing fecal transplants, researchers say they have significantly expanded scientific understanding of how some of these transplants may succeed and work.
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NewsResearchers hope to develop novel drugs for gastrointestinal disorders by fermenting feces
In a new study, researchers have been cultivating ‘good viruses’ from feces. The goal is to replace fecal capsules now being used in so-called fecal transplants and improve this life-saving treatment through standardization.
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NewsFecal matter transplant helped patients with gastrointestinal cancers overcome resistance to immunotherapy treatment
Findings from a small, proof-of-concept clinical trial have suggested that fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) can boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy in a range of gastrointestinal cancers.