Poop Pills: The Future of Peanut Allergy Treatment

Fecal microbiota transplants delivered via frozen capsules can help patients with severe food allergies build a higher tolerance to peanuts, according to a landmark study published in Science Translational Medicine. The research offers a novel therapeutic approach for the up to 6 million people affected by peanut allergies by targeting the gut microbiome. Clinical Trial … Read more

How Life Evolved on Earth Revealed in Ancient Poop Study

Fossilized feces unearthed across 35 global sites reveal that a prehistoric “fecal revolution” over half a billion years ago may have driven the Cambrian Explosion, according to an excremental study published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Researchers found that the transformation in ancient animal waste coincided with the rise of complex marine … Read more