Fecal transplants
Analyzing first fecal transplant death: Donor stool wasn’t tested for rare E. coli strain
This spring, a 73-year-old man with a rare blood condition became the first person to die from drug-resistant bacteria found ...
Forget fecal transplants—vaginal fluid swaps could ‘revolutionize’ women’s health
In the afterglow of successful fecal transplants, researchers are now sniffing around vaginal fluids for the next possible bodily product ...
Infographic: How fecal transplants work against recurrent C. diff infections
Today’s data show that fecal transplants cure 80 percent to 90 percent of patients with recurrent C. diff infections—and doctors ...
Patient death prompts new rules for fecal transplants: ‘Why weren’t these guidelines already in place?’
In June [2019], after a patient died and another was sickened from a fecal transplant that contained drug-resistant bacteria, the ...
Fecal transplant industry needs a lot of ‘quality’ poop. Where does it come from?
To reset the microbiome, the best medicine comes from the last place you’d expect: a fecal transplant, in which a ...
FDA regulatory dilemma: Are fecal transplants drugs, human tissue, or something new?
For the past several years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been trying to figure out how to regulate ...
