Immunology
Study finds probiotics help hayfever symptoms
Griffith University research indicates that patients suffering from allergic rhinitis, otherwise known as hay fever, can specifically benefit from probiotic supplements.
Dec 10, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Treating generational stress—are probiotics the answer?
For the first time, Australian researchers have found a link between a father's stress levels and learning and memory ability in his offspring and that these negative effects can be reversed by probiotics.
Jan 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Probiotics prevent diarrhoea related to antibiotic use
Probiotic supplements have the potential to prevent diarrhoea caused by antibiotics, according to a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors studied Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections in patients taking antibiotics ...
May 30, 2013
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Medical research
Probiotic drink could offer new way to combat antibiotic resistance, mouse study finds
A probiotic drink could become a promising new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria, after a team of scientists at the University of Birmingham engineered and patented a key genetic element that can ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Medications
Researchers call for new rules to regulate probiotics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should consider the unique features of probiotics—bacteria that help maintain the natural balance of organisms in the intestines—in regulating their use and marketing, says ...
Oct 17, 2013
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Gastroenterology
An important step toward next-generation probiotics
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 ...
Aug 2, 2023
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Health
Probiotics are good for more than your gut
Many people turn to probiotics for their digestive woes, but a preliminary study suggests that what's good for gut may also be good for the aging brain.
Jul 24, 2023
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Gastroenterology
Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus shows promise for treating inflammatory bowel disease and other conditions
Intestinal epithelial tight junctions (TJs) act as a functional and structural barrier against harmful antigens that promote intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other inflammatory conditions of ...
Apr 20, 2021
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Medical research
Study finds more gut reaction to arthritis drugs
Patients often take drugs to lower stomach acid and reduce the chances they will develop ulcers from taking their anti-inflammatory drugs for conditions such as arthritis, but the combination may be causing major problems ...
Sep 1, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Smectite promotes probiotic biofilm formation in gut for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists from Nanjing University and the University of Macau have devised a new approach to extend the survival of transplanted probiotics in vivo, enhancing the efficacy of cancer chemo-/immunotherapies in mice. The paper ...
Feb 10, 2021
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