From incurable intestinal infections to metabolic syndrome, from melanoma to chronic inflammatory bowel disease to Tourette's syndrome: Many diseases can potentially be cured by Fecal Microbiota ...

(a) Potential mechanisms by which a disturbed gut microbiome contributes to cancer pathogenesis. (b) Proposed mechanisms by which FMT restores the gut microbiome and reestablishes microecosystem ...

Fecal microbiota transplants, or FMTs, are a magic bullet for patients with recurring infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), but researchers are only beginning to understand why. A new in ...

There's no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper published in Neuron. They point to the fact that conclusions from past research ...

What is the gut virome? The gut virome is a diverse community of viruses that inhabit the intestinal ecosystem. The gut virome is dominated by bacteriophages that infect and regulate bacteria, along ...

It’s sometimes easier to understand when the body isn’t healthy than to figure out what makes us healthy. Take, for example, the gut microbiome. This ecosystem is made of trillions of microbes living ...

Bacterial colonies. Image: CDC/Dr. Holdeman. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL). Public Domain, Bacterial colonies. Image: CDC/Dr. Holdeman. Centers for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “FMT homebrew is a fecal microbiota transplant that is performed at home,” Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, ...

New findings suggest that regional microbial mismatches from fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can lead to unintended consequences for recipients. The corresponding study was published in Cell. “I ...

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 ...