We've posted quite a bit about fecal transplants , but it's been a while. Since then, the procedure...  ...n this video, Dr. Mark Smith explains how and why fecal transplants work. Science writer Ed Yong tries to keep a stra...

(Photo: Michaelwalk)Now no one is proposing that y...  ...own at home. Forget those DIY videos on YouTube. Fecal transplants are a task that you should leave to professionals...  ...you can make money at poop banks. You can receive fecal transplants orally now and even receive donations from your s...  ...ents b...

(Photo: OpenBiome)Certain bacteria in the colon ar...  ...else's poop and put it up your colon in order to transplant the bacteria. The conventional method is by colon...  ...banks to have the bacteria readily available for fecal transplants . But smaller clinics and independent doctors usua...  ...ure to provid...

(Image: Warner Bros. Pictures)Healthy bacteria wit...  ...then it may be necessary for doctors to perform a fecal transplant . That means that the doctors take fecal matter from one person and, by means of a colonsc...  ...erson and, by means of a colonscopy, tranfer that fecal...

If you thought bloodletting, maggots and leeches w...  ...so, it is still used in some parts of the world. Fecal Bacteroetherapy Image via psd [Flickr] If y...  ...u may want to skip past this probiotic treatment. Fecal bacteroetherapy is exactly what it sounds like, t...  ...unds like, the treatment of ce...

Dr. Alexander Khoruts, a gastroenterologist, saved...  ...Khoruts, a gastroenterologist, saved a patient by transplanting a piece of her husband's excrement into her colon...  ...er colon:Dr. Khoruts decided his patient needed a transplant . But he didn’t give her a piece of someone...  ...d those absent i...