New research shows that fecal transplants may boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy drugs called PD-1 inhibitors.

I knew I was kind of a guinea pig, but the only other option was staying at home, and I wasn’t going to make it,” Tim Story ...

Through this study, we aim to offer a new, innovative treatment to patients,” medical oncologist Dr. John Lenehan said.

Brain implants hold immense promise for restoring function in patients with paralysis, epilepsy and other neurological ...

After surgery and chemotherapy failed to eliminate his colon cancer four years ago, Mr Story joined a clinical trial for a highly experimental treatment: fecal transplant. He was to be given a ...

A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, holds promise as a new treatment for C. difficile, a notoriously difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, according to a team of researchers. The ...

Since the FDA’s approval of the first fecal transplant pills in 2023, many experts are hopeful that adapting it and similar innovations could help treat particularly resistant cancers.

A group of gut bacteria successfully hindered recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in mice, offering alternative ...