At-home microbiome tests are having a moment. You mail in a stool sample and get back a report on your gut bacteria, along ...

Everyone's mailing in stool samples for a gut report, but can an at-home microbiome test actually tell you anything?

Despite its popularity, the science and regulations surrounding microbiome testing are still catching up, highlighting the ...

Before you overhaul your diet based on a stool test, here's what actually moves your gut health, no kit required.

Many studies correlate changes in human gut microbiome with the onset of various diseases, mostly by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Setting up the optimal sampling and DNA isolation procedures is crucial ...

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) reported mostly favorable responses with the use of mail-order kits for stool sample collections, according to a survey study. Among survey ...

Stool samples can help doctors diagnose some health conditions. Tips for collecting a stool sample include urinating before collecting the sample and using any tools that the sample kit provides.

Stool tests may detect coronavirus more effectively than respiratory tests in infants and children, according to researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) who said in a report ...

The good news here is that the same molecular testing platform (GeneXpert) widely used in South Africa to test sputum samples for TB can also be used to test stool samples. But as Reubenson points out ...

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a method that may determine whether a child is autistic by analysing a stool sample, a discovery they claim allows for faster ...