Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient Romans knew their… feces – or at least they liked to think they did. According ...

Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists revealed that a precious bacterium, named B.infantis, has been declining in the last few years. The bacteria, found ...

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Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a 1,900-year-old Roman vial that could provide the first concrete evidence of human poop ...

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than 2,000 years ago.

They’re taking the plunge. A small number of Canadian cancer patients are testing a pill that contains healthy bacteria from human poop to see if it can extend their lives. “Pancreatic cancer has a ...

The FBI has found “a trench of human feces” on or near a Native American burial ground at the federal wildlife refuge in Oregon that armed militia members had occupied for more than a month, Reuters ...

“Poop is central to the story of how dogs came into our lives," write Duke University dog researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods in their wonderful new book, Survival of the Friendliest: ...