Once you get over the ick factor, new technologies are efficiently transforming human waste into agricultural solutions.

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A young woman is cancer-free after undergoing the UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer. Bianca Perea, a ...

Florida’s beaches draw thousands of tourists each year, in addition to residents who swim or surf in the ocean.  Yet more ...

Human and microbial proteins found in feces could help doctors detect a long-term risk of deadly cardiovascular conditions in ...

As a result, it is imperative that water bodies and samples are continuously tested for the presence of human fecal ...

During a field trip to Garfield Park to collect samples rich in bacteria, Williams knew exactly where to look. She thought ...

Gastroenterologist Nikhil Pai wants to see access to treatments for bacterial infections expand with the development of oral ...

On his first trip to the Delaware Bay in 1985, Webster and his team found that 20 percent of the bird poop samples they brought back with them contained influenza viruses, and they realized the ...

Researchers from South Korea developed a novel microbial source tracking method using CrAss-like phages, abundant viruses in ...

Scientists in the US have been collecting bird poop as part of their influenza sampling projects to stop the next pandemic.