Gut microbiome: Meet Ruminococcus gnavus, the bacteria with a sweet tooth

by Nathalie Juge,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHaving a sweet tooth isn't just a human characteristic. It turns out our gut microbes can have a preference for sweets, tooâ

Updated on: March 19,2024

Gut microbiome: Meet Ruminococcus gnavus, the bacteria with a sweet tooth

by Nathalie Juge,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHaving a sweet tooth isn't just a human characteristic. It turns out our gut microbes can have a preference for sweets, tooâ

Updated on:March 19,2024

Mini-guts reveal crucial forces that shape the intestinal lining

by Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical ResearchThe gut lining has a brushlike appearance characterized by microscopic pits called crypts and tiny protrusions called villi. Villi contain e

Updated on: May 28,2024

Mini-guts reveal crucial forces that shape the intestinal lining

by Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical ResearchThe gut lining has a brushlike appearance characterized by microscopic pits called crypts and tiny protrusions called villi. Villi contain e

Updated on:May 28,2024

Fecal transplant trial provides hope for liver disease patients

by King's College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe UK is to launch a clinical trial of a "poo transplant" that researchers believe could treat advanced liver disease and f

Updated on: June 20,2024

Fecal transplant trial provides hope for liver disease patients

by King's College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe UK is to launch a clinical trial of a "poo transplant" that researchers believe could treat advanced liver disease and f

Updated on:June 20,2024

AI applied to prediagnostic CTs may help diagnose pancreatic cancer at earlier, more treatable stage

by Joe Dangor,Mayo ClinicCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study published inGastroenterologyfinds that radiomics-based machine learning models may detect pancreatic cancer on prediagnostic

Updated on: May 26,2024

AI applied to prediagnostic CTs may help diagnose pancreatic cancer at earlier, more treatable stage

by Joe Dangor,Mayo ClinicCredit: CC0 Public DomainA study published inGastroenterologyfinds that radiomics-based machine learning models may detect pancreatic cancer on prediagnostic

Updated on:May 26,2024

How plant-derived nutrients can affect the gut and brain

by Matthew Rockey,Leipzig UniversityStudy design. Within-subject cross-over dietary intervention design with two study arms and up to six measurement timepoints (upper panel, T0: screening; BL1/

Updated on: January 24,2024

How plant-derived nutrients can affect the gut and brain

by Matthew Rockey,Leipzig UniversityStudy design. Within-subject cross-over dietary intervention design with two study arms and up to six measurement timepoints (upper panel, T0: screening; BL1/

Updated on:January 24,2024

Chlorinated water supplies don't disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children

by Tufts UniversityChlorine treated water leaves children's healthy gut microbiomes unchanged. Credit: Amy PickeringMore than 2,000 children die every day around the world simply because they

Updated on: May 29,2024

Chlorinated water supplies don't disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children

by Tufts UniversityChlorine treated water leaves children's healthy gut microbiomes unchanged. Credit: Amy PickeringMore than 2,000 children die every day around the world simply because they

Updated on:May 29,2024

Creating a more accurate model of inflammatory bowel disease

byKyoto UniversityCredit:iScience(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111049A research team led by Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, from the Department of Cell Growth and Diffe

Updated on: November 13,2024

Creating a more accurate model of inflammatory bowel disease

byKyoto UniversityCredit:iScience(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111049A research team led by Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, from the Department of Cell Growth and Diffe

Updated on:November 13,2024

Mouse study shows gut biome plays a role in social anxiety disorder

Mouse study shows gut biome plays a role in social anxiety disorderby Bob Yirka , Medical XpressSAD FMT modulates basal stress hormone corticosterone plasma levels. (A) Basal plasma corticosterone is

Updated on: January 24,2024

Mouse study shows gut biome plays a role in social anxiety disorder

Mouse study shows gut biome plays a role in social anxiety disorderby Bob Yirka , Medical XpressSAD FMT modulates basal stress hormone corticosterone plasma levels. (A) Basal plasma corticosterone is

Updated on:January 24,2024

New findings may fix the replicability crisis in microbiome research

by Judith Myers,University of California - San DiegoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainOur bodies are inhabited by trillions of microorganisms, with specific microbes unique to each individual. Th

Updated on: July 08,2024

New findings may fix the replicability crisis in microbiome research

by Judith Myers,University of California - San DiegoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainOur bodies are inhabited by trillions of microorganisms, with specific microbes unique to each individual. Th

Updated on:July 08,2024

Guidelines updated for Barrett esophagus diagnosis and management

In a new American College of Gastroenterology guideline, published in the April issue of theAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology, screening methods have been broadened and guidance has been upda

Updated on: February 19,2024

Guidelines updated for Barrett esophagus diagnosis and management

In a new American College of Gastroenterology guideline, published in the April issue of theAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology, screening methods have been broadened and guidance has been upda

Updated on:February 19,2024

New technique could improve liver fibrosis treatment

New technique could improve liver fibrosis treatmentby First Hospital of Jilin UniversityLocally estimated scatter plot smoothing estimated risk of steatosis (panels A and B) and advanced fibrosis (pa

Updated on: January 24,2024

New technique could improve liver fibrosis treatment

New technique could improve liver fibrosis treatmentby First Hospital of Jilin UniversityLocally estimated scatter plot smoothing estimated risk of steatosis (panels A and B) and advanced fibrosis (pa

Updated on:January 24,2024

Key receptor reveals how gut cells detect harmful invaders

byOsaka UniversityPyruvate-mediated GPR31 activation enhances human intestinal conventional type 1 dendritic cell (cDC1) function by facilitating transepithelial dendrite formation, which improv

Updated on: November 01,2024

Key receptor reveals how gut cells detect harmful invaders

byOsaka UniversityPyruvate-mediated GPR31 activation enhances human intestinal conventional type 1 dendritic cell (cDC1) function by facilitating transepithelial dendrite formation, which improv

Updated on:November 01,2024