Top 6 Medical Advances of the Year 2013

No. 5: Stool Transplants


Yes, you heard correctly: stool transplants are the No. 5 entry on our list of the the top medical advances of the year 2013, How could this disgusting sounding idea revolutionize the current practice of medicine? Well, apparently the bacteria living in feces seem to be able to fight off difficult and life-threatening infections.

In addition, it is likely that the method, officially called fecal microbiota transplantation, could help with a series of other ailments, such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease.