Balancing the gut
How the immune system maintains a healthy gut microbiota Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation" ...
Tag: Gastroenterology
Study explores the role of citrus peel in reducing gut inflammation
After years of research, UMass Amherst food scientist zeroes in on powerful interplay between gut bacteria and fruit compoundsCredit: UMass ...
Dietary fiber helps clump material in your gut
The results may have implications for microbe growth and drug absorption in our bodiesCredit: Image credit: Caltech/Ismagilov Lab/A. Preska Steinberg ...
Introducing the AGA Future Leaders Class of 2020
AGA has announced the 18 early career physicians and scientists selected to participate in its flagship leadership development program Bethesda, ...
Patients' own cells could be the key to treating Crohn's disease
A new technique using patients' own modified cells to treat Crohn's disease has been proven to be effective in experiments ...
Revealed: The gut microbe source of a carcinogenic, DNA-smashing genotoxin
A new study provides the first direct evidence of how a genotoxic warhead that can target and destroy the DNA ...
Results of early endoscopic exam critical for assessment of Barrett's patients
A new study indicates that both high-grade abnormal cellular changes (dysplasia) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (a form of cancer) have increased ...
Role of interventional inflammatory bowel disease in the era of biologic therapy
A position statement According to a new statement from a panel of national and international experts in gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel ...
Immunological scarring from coeliac disease
Coeliac disease can cause irreversible changes to immune cells Immune cells in the bowel of people who suffer with coeliac ...
Aspirin to prevent colon cancer underutilized in high-risk patients
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States and ...
NETRF announces $2.5 million in research to advance the treatment of rare cancer
Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research supported by nonprofit foundationCredit: NETRF The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) continues its aggressive funding of ...
See-through fish aid scientists in autism-related breakthrough
A study by University of Miami biologists may help unravel the reasons for 'tummy troubles'Credit: University of Miami University of ...
Feces transplantation: Effective treatment facing an uncertain future
In the right intestines, faeces can save lives; this is shown by a new Danish study of faeces transplantation and ...
GI leaders recognized by AGA's prestigious recognition awards
AGA's highest honor is presented to John I. Allen, M.D., M.B.A., A.G.A.F. Bethesda, MD (Feb. 1, 2019) -- The American ...
MICROB-PREDICT — €15 million EU funded microbiome research project kicks off
Developing personalised targets for treatment of decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) Barcelona, Spain, 1 February 2019 - An ...
How whipworms wreak havoc on the gut
Signaling through interleukin-10 (IL-10) receptors on gut immune cells plays a critical role in protecting the gut lining and microbiota ...
DDW® 2019 offers reporters access to leading research in digestive health
Digestive Disease Week® media registration now open Bethesda, MD (Jan. 31, 2019) -- Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) will host its ...
Analyzing metagenome helps understand the role of bacterial species in Crohn's disease
Research on gut metagenome of patients with Crohn's disease elucidates how it influences the taxonomic and functional composition of intestinal ...
Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
Soft, squishy device could potentially track ulcers, cancers, and other GI conditions over the long term MIT engineers have designed ...
Cells that destroy the intestine
Medical researchers discover a type of cell which induces acute inflammatory episodes in bowel diseases. More than 4000,000 people in ...