Although it is one of the oldest medications used to treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and an effective treatment for an associated arthritis condition called spondyloarthritis (SpA), sulfasalazine's mechanism ...
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One of the beneficial gut bacteria residing in the human gut, which normally cannot survive in an environment with oxygen, can now be made oxygen-tolerant. This is a key finding in the development of future probiotic treatment ...
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Although many people with dietary allergies experience mild symptoms when exposed to triggering foods, some face potentially fatal consequences. A bacterial compound called butyrate that's made by healthy microbiomes has ...
Aug 21, 2022
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We now know that the microbes that live in our intestines—our microbiome—influence our health in many ways. The balance among competing microbial species is believed to be important in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ...
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Biliary atresia is a rare disease that occurs when a delicate tree-like set of ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine becomes scarred and blocked. While some treatments can slow the damage, most children who ...
Jan 10, 2022
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An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that microorganisms living in the gut may alter the aging process, which could lead to the development of food-based ...
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Intestinal stem cells are among the most rapidly dividing cells in the body, busily creating new cells to replace the ones that are constantly being sloughed off. But unlike stem cells elsewhere in the body, those in the ...
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The hundreds of species of microorganisms that comprise the microbiome all have different, unique roles.
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Scientists with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center and the University of Massachusetts, examined how butyrate, one of the short-chain fatty acids found in the gut, suppresses ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Many of us are familiar with probiotics, such as certain yogurts and fermented foods, full of "good" bacteria that can keep the gut healthy.
Oct 26, 2022
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