Sometimes in science, answers come serendipitously, where researchers aren't expecting to find them. That's what happened to Cristian Apetrei, Ivona Pandrea and their colleagues during a recent study on human immunodeficiency ...
Jul 29, 2023
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A study of the genetic variation that makes mice more susceptible to bowel inflammation after a high-fat diet has identified candidate genes which may drive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in humans. The findings are published ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not have any of these traditional risk factors.
Jun 16, 2023
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People with depression have fewer active microglial cells, according to a new study by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. What does that mean?
May 22, 2023
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The risk of developing lymphoma is slightly elevated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and has increased in recent years in patients with Crohn's disease, report researchers from Karolinska Institutet in a study published ...
Apr 21, 2023
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The gut microbiome, or gut microbiota, also termed commensal, refers to the entire microbial community that populates the mammalian gastrointestinal tract, with the majority residing in the colon. Through generating a diverse ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a potential new target in the fight against colorectal cancer, the nation's third most common malignancy and, next to lung cancer, the second leading cancer ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have identified immune cells in the intestine that are needed to prevent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis and Crohn's disease, which affect 3 million people ...
May 10, 2022
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A multi-year study of the role of E. coli gut bacteria in Crohn's disease finds that intestinal inflammation liberates chemicals that nourish the bacteria's growth and promotes its ability to cause inflammation.
Apr 27, 2022
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Research in recent years has demonstrated the diverse roles that gut bacteria can play in health and disease, but what about contributions from viruses, which, like bacteria, perpetually reside within the human intestine? ...
Apr 8, 2022
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