Heart transplantation is the only option to prolong survival in patients with end-stage heart failure. However, postoperative infection is the foremost risk factor, causing early mortality and ...

Microbiome-based therapies are emerging as promising approaches for skin, lung, and metabolic diseases by restoring microbial ...

The interplay between the gut microbial community and host immunity has emerged as a critical determinant of transplant outcomes. Following organ transplantation, recipients experience profound shifts ...

Genetic and environmental factors contribute to schizophrenia. Science has not yet determined how these two factors interact to produce the diverse array of behavioral and neurochemical changes in the ...

Is fecal microbiota transplant effective? Is it really safe? And is it really all the same? Scientists at the University of Chicago have investigated the regional differences in gut environments to ...

Kidneys are the most transplanted organ in Germany. According to the German Organ Transplantation Foundation, a total of 1,514 kidneys were transplanted after post-mortem organ donation in 2023, out ...

Older mice that received a faecal microbiome transplant from younger animals went on to have improved brain plasticity, which suggests their brains could overcome a neurological condition that is typi ...

The gut microbiome has emerged as a key regulator of central nervous system function, with age-related shifts in microbial ...

Scientists blended one sample, split it, and shipped it out. What came back exposed a problem the whole industry shares.