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 ...

A single fecal transplantation is not more effective than the existing standard of care — administration of oral vancomycin taper — for treating patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection ...

A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the ...

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 ...

The practice of using fecal transplants to treat severe and sometimes fatal infections — including recurrent Clostridium difficile — is on the rise, but more research on the long-term effects of the ...

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. —D. H. Lawrence Yes, fecal transplants are a thing. And they are just as cringeworthy as you might imagine. But to ...

Researchers have found that transplanting specific gut viruses into obese mice can sharply improve how those animals regulate ...

CHICAGO — Although results from the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of fecal microbiota transplant in patients with active ulcerative colitis are negative, study investigators remain ...