From ‘ick’ to innovation: How poop donors in Ontario are saving lives

It may sound gross, but fecal microbiota transplants are helping patients with dangerous gut infections. One problem is that donors are hard to find.

For him, it’s a routine activity — but he saves lives doing it. Inside an innovative medical treatment that provokes both humour and horror

The idea sounds icky, but fecal microbiota transplants are helping patients with dangerous gut infections. One problem is ...
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'Nose-in-a-dish' reveals why the common cold hits some people hard, while others recover easily

Using a laboratory model of the human nose, scientists have investigated why the severity of common-cold infections varies so ...