Digestive System Diseases: News and Research on Gastroenteritis

MeSH tree: C06.405.205

Gastroenterology

Bacteria 'pills' could detect gut diseases—without the endoscope

Colonoscopies may one day have some competition—researchers report in ACS Sensors that they've developed a sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect markers of gastrointestinal disease. ...

Inflammatory disorders

Scientists map the cells that drive Crohn's disease fistulas

Scientists at the University of Oxford, have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas—painful, tunnel-like tracts that develop in around 30% of people with Crohn's ...

Inflammatory disorders

Plants adapting to climate change may help IBD treatment

James Cook University (JCU) researchers have discovered that the same chemical compounds produced by mountain-top plants to help them survive climate change in North Queensland may also hold promise for treating inflammatory ...

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