Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT), a treatment that uses an enema and has gained popularity in human medicine.

Fecal microbiota transplants may help patients with gastrointestinal cancers overcome resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, a study suggests.

The intestinal barrier is a complex, multi-layered structure consisting of the mucus layer produced by specialized secretory ...

The researchers in the study treated 9 canines that were drug-resistant epilepsy, a type of epilepsy that affects two-thirds ...

Further classification of CE includes those animals with loss of protein across the gut, termed protein-losing enteropathy ...

Although the most common application for FMT has been in the setting of recurrent CDI, there is ongoing research to assess benefit in other gastrointestinal diseases. These include inflammatory ...

The following is a summary of “Rational design of live biotherapeutic products for the prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection,” published in the September 2024 issue of Infectious Disease by ...

More information: Antja Watanangura et al, Behavioral comorbidities treatment by fecal microbiota transplantation in canine epilepsy: a pilot study of a novel therapeutic approach, Frontiers in ...

Irrational antibiotic use damages mucus barrier, leading to intestinal inflammation, as shown in recent Science Advances ...

Research connects gut microbiota to lupus and IBD, uncovering microbial markers and pathways that could inform targeted ...