Digestive System Diseases: News and Research on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life

What if a technology could reanimate parts of the body that have lost their connection to the brain—like a bladder that can no longer empty due to a spinal cord injury, or intestines that can't push food forward due to Crohn's ...

Gut microbiome thrives on fiber—tapeworms confirm it

Intestinal worms can help reduce inflammation in the human body—but only if they have enough dietary fiber. Without it, they switch into a hibernation-like state and their protective effect disappears. This is the finding ...

'Junk DNA' may help defend against colorectal cancer

For decades, large portions of the human genome were labeled "junk DNA." New research from Western University and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) suggests these overlooked sequences may help protect ...

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