In a small laboratory at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London, Désirée Prossomariti is processing donations. Each is weighed, tested for pathogens, filtered, centrifuged and then freeze-dried, ...

Faecal transplants have been found to treat diabetes-related nerve pain, a complication affecting more than half of people with diabetes that causes tingling, numbness and stinging. Liping Zhao at ...

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The science of our gut microbiome is often painted as one of the hottest new areas of medicine, but there have also been claims that the research is being overhyped. The latest aspect of this field to ...

New obesity research from Auckland University shows a single pill of 'good' faecal bacteria can significantly improve health. The study of 87 obese adolescents, published this week in the journal ...