Revealed: The secret superpower that makes C. difficile so deadly
Discovery lets doctors predict disease severity, points to new treatmentCredit: UVA Health System A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile ...
Tag: Gastroenterology
New immune pathway involved in resistance to parasite worms found in undercooked pork
Credit: John Worthington Scientists from Lancaster University in the UK have discovered that immune responses originally found to prevent fungal ...
More severe salmonella outbreaks ahead: University of Sydney research
Researchers develop method to predict salmonella outbreaksCredit: Professor Mikhail Prokopenko, University of Sydney Australia has more salmonella outbreaks than any ...
Preschoolers with chronic constipation tend to be picky eaters
In the first study of its kind in the U.S., researchers found that normally developing preschool children with chronic constipation ...
Investigators explore temperature-triggered devices for gastrointestinal therapies
Researchers hope orally administered devices can help shape future generation of stents, drug delivery systemsCredit: Sahab Babaee and Simo Pajovic, ...
IDIBELL — ICO researchers set new bases to develop therapies against colorectal cancer
The discovery is based on targeting the tissue surrounding the tumor, instead of the tumor directlyCredit: Gemma Fornons Researchers from ...
Study compares colonoscopy polyp detection rates and endoscopist characteristics
Wednesday, April 17, 2019, CLEVELAND: Previous research has suggested that specific factors about the doctor performing colonoscopy - for example, ...
Microbiome science may help doctors deliver more effective, personalized treatment to children with irritable bowel syndrome
A new, improved diagnostic classification technique enables stratification of pediatric patients with irritable bowel syndrome with greater precision so they ...
New study explains how inflammation causes gastric cancer
Researchers from Kanazawa University and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development show that genes turned on in response ...
Crohn’s disease research set to benefit from £1.8m funding boost
An international philanthropic trust has awarded significant funding to aid scientists' understanding of the currently incurable condition known as Crohn's ...
Cognitive functioning does not predict weight-loss outcome for adolescents
Adolescents with cognitive impairments and intellectual disabilities have similar weight-loss trajectories to peers after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy WASHINGTON--(April 15, 2019) ...
Researchers of the University of Malaga relate DNA methylation levels to obesity
They assure that the methylation of genes related to lipid metabolism and inflammation is altered in obese patientsCredit: University of ...
Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir is effective and well tolerated in individuals with hepatitis C
ILC 2019: German and US studies confirm the efficacy and safety of G/P in a broad range of individuals with ...
NASA Twins Study: A year in space has little effect on gut microbiome
A year in space seems to have a small but significant, transient effect on the gut microbiome, according to a ...
Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10 predicts advanced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Credit: Kanazawa University Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with liver inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and ...
Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates
Credit: Photo courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one ...
ClinEpiDB data resource releases childhood malnutrition and intestinal disease study
Credit: ClinEpiDB/University of Pennsylvania As the big data revolution continues to evolve, access to data that cut across many disciplines ...
High-dose vitamin D shows benefit in patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - Results of a small clinical trial suggest that supplementing chemotherapy with high doses of ...
Identifying a key player in gut defense development
Joint press release by Hokkaido University and Keio UniversityCredit: Kimura S. et al., Journal of Experimental Medicine, March 15, 2019 ...
Study measures gluten in gluten-free labeled restaurant food
April 5, 2019 -- Even tiny amounts of gluten in foods are troublesome for people with celiac disease, and restaurants ...
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