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Debunking Myths about Peak Area Response of Glycoprotein Oligosaccharides

Thermo Fisher Scientific has released a technical note (TN) that challenges the common misconception that there is significant variation in high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed a...

Could a transplant of fake feces save your life?

A transplant of fake feces could be the next medical treatment necessary to help fight recurring bacterial infections.  -More- 

Donor feces more effective than antibiotic for C. difficile infection

Treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection with donor feces infusion is significantly more effective than conventional vancomycin therapy, show results published in The New England Journal...

Enzymes from horse feces could hold secrets to streamlining biofuel production

NEW ORLEANS, April 11, 2013 — Stepping into unexplored territory in efforts to use corn stalks, grass and other non-food plants to make biofuels, scientists today described the discovery of a potent...

Feces Fight-Off Deadly Infection

Find out more about the new breakthrough therapy for an infection that ravages the intestines, that might make you cringe. credit:  Ivanhoe

Cholera Sweeps West African Slums

The spread of the disease that is transmitted through contact with contaminated feces was made worse this year by flooding in the sprawling shantytowns of Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Human milk oligosaccharides may reduce risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission

An international team of researchers has found that certain bioactive components found in human milk are associated with a reduced risk of HIV transmission from an HIV infected mother to her breast-fe...

Synthetic Stool Stymies Stubborn C. Difficile (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Fake feces may fight Clostridium difficile infection just as well as the real thing, researchers found.

Oligosaccharides in feces of breast- and formula-fed babies.

So far, little is known on the fate of oligosaccharides in the colon of breast- and formula-fed babies. Using capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detector coupled to a mass spect...

Separation and identification of individual alginate oligosaccharides in the feces of alginate-fed pigs.

This research aimed to develop a method for analyzing specific alginate oligosaccharides (AOS) in a complex matrix such as pig feces. The data obtained were used to study alginate degradation by the m...

A quantitative and comprehensive method to analyze human milk oligosaccharide structures in the urine and feces of infants.

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), though non-nutritive to the infant, shape the intestinal microbiota and protect against pathogens during early growth and development. Infant formulas with added ga...

Occurrence of oligosaccharides in feces of breast-fed babies in their first six months of life and the corresponding breast milk.

The characterization of oligosaccharides in the feces of breast-fed babies is a valuable tool for monitoring the gastrointestinal fate of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). In the present study we mo...

In vitro fermentation of alternansucrase raffinose-derived oligosaccharides by human gut bacteria.

In this work, in vitro fermentation of alternansucrase raffinose-derived oligosaccharides, previously fractionated according to their degree of polymerization (DP; from DP4 to DP10), was carried out u...