Medical research
Hydrogel-based platforms mimic intestinal environments for pathogen research
Researchers who want bacteria to feel right at home in the laboratory have put out a new welcome mat.
Jul 22, 2021
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Medications
New single-dose antimalaria compound is effective in mice and resistance resistant
A large international team of researchers has found a small molecule compound that has proven to be effective in treating malaria in mice. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group ...
Gastroenterology
Babies at risk for diabetes may have microbiota restored
Newborns at risk for Type 1 diabetes because they were given antibiotics may have their gut microorganisms restored with a maternal fecal transplant, according to a Rutgers study.
Jul 20, 2021
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Gastroenterology
No immunoglobulin A leads to intestinal inflammation in mice
While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important for gut health, it has remained unclear exactly what role it plays in preventing infection and disease. But now, researchers from Japan have ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Gastroenterology
A simple compound to control complex gut microbes
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) have discovered that acetate, a major metabolite produced by some intestinal bacteria, is involved in regulating other intestinal bacteria. Specifically, ...
Jul 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Recurrent infections of salmonella can lead to colitis
An international research group, led by Jamey Marth, Ph.D., a professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys, has shown that the Neuraminidase 3 (Neu3) enzyme is responsible for the onset and progression of colitis—a chronic digestive ...
Jul 16, 2021
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Medical research
Identifying a new gut-liver drug recycling process
A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting a newly recognized process of drug metabolism in the intestines—followed by recycling through the liver—that could have important implications for ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Medical research
Antibiotics in early life could affect brain development
Antibiotic exposure early in life could alter human brain development in areas responsible for cognitive and emotional functions, according to a Rutgers researcher.
Jul 14, 2021
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Pediatrics
Survival for babies born with a birth defect—a 'post-code lottery'
Survival for a baby born with a birth defect—otherwise known as a congenital anomaly—is a "post-code lottery", according to scientists from 74 countries.
Jul 13, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Hijacked immune activator promotes growth and spread of colorectal cancer
Through a complex, self-reinforcing feedback mechanism, colorectal cancer cells make room for their own expansion by driving surrounding healthy intestinal cells to death—while simultaneously fueling their own growth. This ...
Jul 12, 2021
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