Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections

Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections—a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." Canadian researchers tried this on 27 patients and cured them all after strong ...

Immunology

Deciphering gut microbiome 'chatter' to combat IBD

Around 500,000 people in the UK live with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a life-long, chronic condition characterized by sporadic bouts of gut inflammation causing debilitating symptoms. Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative ...

Pediatrics

How maternal diet could change the infant gut microbiome

UNSW Sydney researchers presenting at the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Conference in Sydney this week highlighted evidence that suggest changes to a mother's microbiome, or gut health, brought on by obesity ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Study: Gut health plays a role in Alzheimer's development

A series of experiments presented today at the Alzheimer's Research UK 2022 Conference at the Brighton Centre, has implicated the health of the gut in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

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