Identifying the role of the microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers are taking a new approach to a debilitating illness by looking for a microbiome-based cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Biological Phenomena: News and Research on Biodiversity
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Types of bacteria vary widely in tumors of people with early vs. late-onset colorectal cancer
Researchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center studied the microbiome of people with colorectal cancer and found the make-up of the bacteria, fungi and viruses in a person's tumor varied significantly ...
May 25, 2023
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Antibiotics after breast cancer linked to poorer survival, study finds
Women with triple-negative breast cancer who received multiple antibiotic prescriptions within three years after their cancer diagnosis were more likely to experience disease recurrence and to die from their cancer than those ...
Apr 21, 2023
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Study findings could pave the way for development of new strategies to prevent and treat obesity
New research has shown that weight loss, or bariatric, surgery can significantly alter the levels of bile acid associated with higher appetite, as can taking fiber supplements but to a lesser degree.
Apr 5, 2023
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A tale of probiotics and how to help your own gut microbiome
Bacteria have thousands of genes and functions that we, the human host, do not have. For instance, bacteria can help us digest fiber, provide support to our immune systems, and absorb important nutrients. But reaping the ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Bile acids and gut microbes could potentially treat multiple sclerosis, according to new research in mice
Multiple sclerosis is characterized by an immune system gone haywire. A patient's immune system starts treating the protective coating of the nerves—called myelin—as dangerous. The subsequent nerve damage can cause a variety ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Gut bacteria are crucial for liver repair, finds study
When parts of the liver are removed, the body can replace the missing tissue. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that the success of this process depends to a large extent ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Novel method facilitates genetic studies of the function and diseases of the intestinal epithelium
With a length of around eight meters and its countless finger-shaped protrusions, known as villi, the intestine represents the largest contact surface in the inner of our body that comes in contact with up-taken food.
Jan 23, 2023
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Lower bacterial diversity is associated with irritable bowel syndrome
People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have lower bacterial diversity in the intestine than do healthy people, according to a team of Korean investigators. The investigators believe that theirs is the first analysis to ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Differences in gut microbiome linked to risk of death in COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure
In early 2020, Bhakti Patel, MD, a pulmonary and critical care specialist at the University of Chicago Medicine, and Matthew Stutz, MD, who was a critical care fellow at the time, had an idea for a research project. They ...
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