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Oncology & Cancer

Circadian disruption, gut microbiome changes linked to colorectal cancer progression

Research from the University of California, Irvine has revealed how disruption of the circadian clock, the body's internal, 24-hour biological pacemaker, may accelerate the progression of colorectal cancer by affecting the ...

Health

Growing up with a dog may be good for your gut health, study finds

Dog lovers can attest to the range of benefits that come with having a canine companion, but improved gut health likely isn't one of them.

Neuroscience

Study reveals link between microbiome and aggression in mice

A new study led by Prof. Omry Koren and graduate student Atara Uzan-Yuzari from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine at Bar-Ilan University has unveiled significant evidence connecting the gut microbiome to aggressive behavior ...

Oncology & Cancer

How AI can help researchers make esophageal cancer less deadly

Approximately 600 times a day, the esophagus ferries whatever is in your mouth down to your stomach. It's usually a one-way route, but sometimes acid escapes the stomach and travels back up. That can damage the cells lining ...

Health

Video: What is the microbiome?

Valhalla Fellow Lindsey Backman explains what the microbiome is and the roles that different members of our microbiomes play in health and disease.

Inflammatory disorders

FDA approves Tremfya for ulcerative colitis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's Tremfya (guselkumab) for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

Neuroscience

Engineered probiotic developed to treat multiple sclerosis

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have designed a probiotic to suppress autoimmunity in the brain, which occurs when the immune system attacks ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Humanized' liver in mice reveals roots of chronic diseases

Yale researchers have created a functional "humanized" liver in living mice that will help scientists find human-specific mechanisms for regulating cholesterol levels and potentially for treating chronic liver diseases afflicting ...

Immunology

Spatial dimension of macrophage heterogeneity in liver diseases

The hepatic immune landscape is a dynamic compartment, notably composed of highly heterogeneous and adapting myeloid cells. Liver resident macrophage distribution across the tissue and bone-marrow derived monocyte accumulation ...

Gastroenterology

New deep-learning approach gets to the bottom of colonoscopy

Researchers have developed a pair of modules that gives a boost to the use of artificial neural networks to identify potentially cancerous growths in colonoscopy imagery, traditionally plagued by image noise resulting from ...

Neuroscience

How sensory neurons impact the gut

Gastrointestinal and digestive issues impact roughly 3 million people across the United States alone, and that number is growing. A new study from Scripps Research scientists shows how sensory neurons control our gastrointestinal ...

Gastroenterology

Gut contractions influence the composition of the microbiome

Spontaneous rhythmic contractions of the intestinal tract, also known as peristalsis, play an important role in enabling healthy gut function in the vast majority of living organisms. This intrinsic activity appears to be ...