Medical research
Gut bacteria hold clues to improving mental health after spinal injury
Could feces offer hope to survivors of spinal cord injuries?
Jan 15, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Could microorganisms in poop help treat the deadliest form of skin cancer?
A multidisciplinary team at Lawson Health Research Institute is exploring whether fecal transplants can improve outcomes in melanoma patients treated with immunotherapy.
Aug 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can eating poop save you from this deadly bacteria?
Every year, around half a million people in the United States get sick from the bacterium C. diff, often after taking antibiotics. Sounds counterintuitive? This week on Reactions, we break down why that happens, and how an ...
Aug 8, 2019
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Immunology
Keeping livestock in the yard just might help your baby's immune system
Getting up close—and a little dirty—with farm animals just might help us fend off illness, say researchers who've further demonstrated the benefits of early exposure to a wide variety of environmental bacteria.
Jul 23, 2019
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Medications
Antibiotics before liver transplants lead to better results
A UCLA-led research team has found that giving mice antibiotics for 10 days prior to a liver transplant leads to better liver function after the surgery.
Jul 23, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fecal microbiota transplant found safe and effective in children with C. difficile
Diarrhea caused by Clostridiodes (formerly Clostridium) difficile infections is on the rise among children; one population-based study found a 12.5-fold increase in incidence from 1991 to 2009. For reasons that aren't clear, ...
May 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fecal transplants may be best answer to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Transplanting human donor fecal microbiota into the colon of a patient infected with Clostridiodes difficile (C. diff) may be the best treatment for those not helped by C. diff targeted antibiotics, according to an article ...
Apr 29, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
Fecal transplant helps improve behavior in kids with autism
In the first published example of how the gut may play a role in autism, scientists have found that a "fecal transplant" helped to substantially improve behavior and gastrointestinal health in children with the neurodevelopmental ...
Apr 23, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fecal transplants could be used to treat intestinal disorders like inflammatory bowel disease
Poop transplants have become routine treatment for nasty recurrent diarrheal infections, but trials for other conditions have hit a bum note. Now, the fecal faithful have re-examined the evidence.
Jan 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Faecal transplants, 'robotic guts' and the fight against deadly gut bugs
A simple compound found in our gut could help to stop dangerous bacteria behind severe, and sometimes fatal, hospital infections.
Dec 13, 2018
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