Digestive System Diseases: News and Research on Colonic Diseases

MeSH tree: C06.405.469.158

Engineered probiotic heads to human trials

A probiotic bioengineered by UBC Okanagan researchers to thrive in the inflamed gut is set to enter human clinical trials in Australia this summer, capping a decade-long effort to turn a beneficial bacterium into a treatment ...

Megacolon: When constipation becomes something more serious

The colon is about one and a half meters long and plays a vital role in moving waste through the body. In rare cases, it can become so stretched that it begins to lose its ability to work properly, like an elastic band that ...

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