Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can dramatically improve cancer treatment, suggest two groundbreaking studies published in ...

An Italian study published in Nature Medicine provides compelling evidence that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can ...

Of the 20 patients in the lung cancer group, 80 per cent responded positively to immunotherapy after receiving fecal ...

Transferring feces from a healthy patient to a patient with an imbalanced population of bacteria is growing in popularity as a way to regulate gut health and fight off nasty infections like C.

Tim Story, a high school football coach and teacher in Hattiesburg, Miss., was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. In the spring of 2022, Tim Story’s doctor told him that he likely had just months to live.

A newly identified metabolite in human feces improves immunotherapy and could radically change the treatment of lung cancer.

Changing the gut microbiome of patients with kidney, lung or skin cancer using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can help improve outcomes and slow progression when combined with immunotherapy.

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 ...

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 ...

A single fecal microbiota transplant in obese teens was linked to long-lasting metabolic improvements, including smaller waistlines, reduced body fat, lower inflammation, and better cholesterol levels ...

A study in Clinical Infectious Diseases investigated whether fecal transplantation is an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. The researchers — led by Susy S. Hota, MD, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tim Story, a high school football coach and teacher in Hattiesburg, Miss., was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. (Annie Flanagan for ...