Oncology & Cancer
Researchers help the body protect itself against inflammation and colon cancer
Could inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer be prevented by changing the shape of a single protein?
Jan 27, 2017
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Inflammatory disorders
New insight for developing more effective drugs to combat inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It is commonly treated with one of several available biological drugs that block an ...
Dec 21, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Review examines rates and predictors of recurrence following surgery for Crohn's disease
Some patients with Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract, require surgery to remove part or all of the large intestine; however, surgery does not cure the condition ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More insight into Crohn's disease
Researchers Robiël Naziroglu and Frans Vos have developed a method for improving the assessment of MRI images in cases of Crohn's disease. In time, this may well enable more targeted monitoring and treatment of this chronic ...
Nov 21, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A gastroenterologist sheds light on Crohn's
When Garth Swanson's patients learn they have been diagnosed with Crohn's disease, one of the first things they tend to do is seek out others who have it too—friends, family members, people online.
Nov 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Factors secreted by gut bacteria may help combat kidney stones
Researchers have discovered that factors secreted by gut bacteria might help prevent or treat kidney stones. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Oct 13, 2016
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Diabetes
Diabetes opens floodgates to fructose
Fructose, once seen as diabetics' alternative to glucose, is fast-tracked to the liver in diabetic mice and contributes to metabolic diseases, according to new research from Harvard University.
Oct 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO to send 1 mln cholera vaccine doses to hurricane-hit Haiti
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it would send a million cholera vaccine doses to Haiti, which has seen cases of the disease surge since it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week.
Oct 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aberrant epigenetic regulation behind the intestinal symptoms in coeliac disease
Researchers at the University of Tampere discovered a mechanism causing aberrancies in coeliac disease and colorectal cancer.
Sep 5, 2016
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Medical research
The colon is defended from bacteria by a self-sacrificing sentinel cell
A lone Sentinel cell monitors and coordinates the defense of the entrance to the colon's most sensitive parts. The Sentinel cell detects nearby bacteria and signals to a line of defensive cells to send out a cascade of mucus ...
Jul 12, 2016
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