Oncology & Cancer
Chemo shown to upset gut microbes in cancer patients
New research from SAHMRI and Flinders University has shown myelosuppressive chemotherapy destabilises gut microbiome in patients with solid organ cancers.
Jul 6, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Probiotics associated with fewer respiratory symptoms in overweight and older people
Daily probiotic use was associated with fewer upper respiratory symptoms in overweight and older people, according to a study that suggests a potential role for probiotics in preventing respiratory infections. The study was ...
May 14, 2021
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Medical research
Processed diets might promote chronic infections that can lead to disorders such as diabetes, researchers find
Processed diets, which are low in fiber, may initially reduce the incidence of foodborne infectious diseases such as E. coli infections, but might also increase the incidence of diseases characterized by low-grade chronic ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SARS-CoV-2 curtails immune response in the gut
In an effort to determine the potential for COVID-19 to begin in a person's gut, and to better understand how human cells respond to SARS-CoV-2, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory used human intestinal ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gut's immune response in COVID-19 may not provide efficient protection of other organs
Our guts may not provide long-lasting systemic immunity from COVID-19, which is where immune cells circulate through the body to provide protection to other organs, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Immunology. ...
Apr 20, 2021
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Immunology
A healthy microbiome builds a strong immune system that could help defeat COVID-19
You may not know it, but you have an army of microbes living inside of you that are essential for fighting off threats, including the virus that causes COVID-19.
Jan 25, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Make-up of gut microbiome may influence COVID-19 severity and immune response
The variety and volume of bacteria in the gut, known as the microbiome, may influence the severity of COVID-19 as well as the magnitude of the immune system response to the infection, suggests research published online in ...
Jan 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Superbug impact on the gut
Monash University researchers have discovered that the devastating bacterial superbug Clostridioides difficile hijacks the human wound healing system in order to cause serious and persistent disease, opening up the development ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Presence of parasite infection closely linked to the make-up of the gastrointestinal microbiome
Parasite infections are a constant presence for many people who live in tropical regions, particularly in less industrialized areas. These often chronic conditions are at best unpleasant; more seriously, children with parasite ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clostridium difficile infections may have a friend in fungi
The pathogen Clostridium difficile, which causes one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the United States, may have accomplices that until now have gone largely unnoticed.
Aug 28, 2019
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