A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

In Switzerland, a bold initiative is underway: freezing human feces to preserve global biodiversity. However, this isn't just about safeguarding nature's diversity of plants and animals — human gut ...

Dogs who are fed home-cooked and human-grade meals poop less, scientists found. It's a practical benefit but is also more costly and time-consuming than feeding them kibble. It's not clear whether ...

A newly identified metabolite in human feces improves immunotherapy and could radically change the treatment of lung cancer.

According to Oliver Fiehn, a metabolomics researcher at the University of California, Davis, people are much more than meets the eye. “We are not just human,” he said. “We are an ecosystem.” The ...

How often a person poops has a surprising link to one vitamin in particular. A genetic investigation on the rate at which ...

History remembers warriors for their conquests and kings for their reigns. But this one Viking left behind something more ...

U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.

A fecal lactoferrin test can detect intestinal inflammation. High lactoferrin levels in stool suggest that inflammation is present. This may indicate a bacterial infection or inflammatory bowel ...

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