Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston are reporting mixed results from the first human trial investigating the effects of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat obesity.

FMT via oral capsule was shown to be an effective method for patients who tolerated an oral diet compared with other methods of FMT. An oral capsule delivery method for fecal microbiota ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School found that Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) using capsules containing freeze-dried microbes taken orally has similar safety and ...

A noninvasive method of delivering a promising therapy for persistent Clostridium difficile infection appears to be as effective as treatment via colonoscopy or through a nasogastric tube. "Numerous ...

That’s the label that one consumer rights advocacy group wants for the government to require meat distributors put on the food they send out to grocery stores. The recommendation is tongue-in-cheek, ...

Patients suffering from the nasty bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile often must choose between standard antibiotics and a procedure known as fecal transplantation to deal with the ...

A fecal transplant is when a doctor transplants feces from a healthy donor into another person to restore the balance of bacteria in their gut. Fecal transplants may help treat gastrointestinal ...

Credit: Getty Images. Rate of decolonization was highest for patients in the EGD group (85.7%), followed by those in the oral capsule (84.6%), colonoscopy (63.6%), and gastric tube (50%) groups. An ...

A noninvasive method of delivering a promising therapy for persistent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection appears to be as effective as treatment through a nasogastric tube or via ...