Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

The interest in stool transplants or faecal microbial transplants has gathered momentum in recent years giving rise to the concept of faecal biobanks. Much like the the banking of biological samples ...

Colorectal cancer may be associated with a variety of symptoms, including blood in faeces. Small amounts of hidden blood in faeces (known as faecal occult blood) can show that there is bleeding from ...

One application for Seward’s Stomacher® is for the preparation of faecal samples in the medical and bioresearch fields for a variety of analyses. In particular, the use of Seward’s products in the ...

AS MEDICAL procedures go, they’re certainly not something to discuss over dinner. Faecal transplants are soaring in popularity as a treatment for a range of diseases. But a transplant from an ...