Prescription poop is here: FDA approves fecal slurry for unshakeable diarrhea
It’s a win for those with C. diff and a milestone for microbiome-based therapies.
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Topic: fecal transplant
Transplanting poop can be beneficial—swapping vaginal fluids may be even better
Transferring vaginal fluids could “revolutionize” women’s health, researchers say.
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One dead after poop transplant gone wrong, FDA warns
FDA puts the squeeze on poop transplants after spread of drug-resistant gut germ.
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Some of us may produce super-healing poop—and scientists are on it
There isn’t one stool to rule them all, but some are clearly better than others.
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I gave my cat a poop transplant—here’s what happened next
After battling chronic diarrhea for months, a fecal transplant came to the rescue.
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My cats poop for science
A study is looking at the microbiome of our pets, and my cats are taking part.
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Drugs, wine, mushy poops explain gut microbe variation—but just a little
Large surveys find we understand <20% of person-to-person microbe differences.
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Fecal transplants in puppies cure 93% of recurring diarrhea cases
Burgeoning method to transfer healthy microbes to the sick gets vetted for pets.
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Viral con foils drug-resistant microbes, may nix need for poop transplants
Tricking immune system into fighting nonexistent virus may protect gut microbes.
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Freeze-dried poop pills being tested for obesity treatment
Trial will offer some of the first human data on microbe transplants and weight.
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Psychiatric drug—not antibiotic—messes with gut microbes, spurs obesity
Mice burned fewer calories and had altered bacterial and viral communities.
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$635 poop pills cure deadly gastrointestinal infection
Doses of the 30-capsule fecal transplant method cured up to 94% of patients.
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