Does our gut microbiota really influence our health and life expectancy?

by Éloi Gagnon and Benoit Arsenault,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageThe intestinal microbiota is the set of bacteria and viruses that live inside your gut. Microbiota perform a variety

Updated on: May 10,2024

Does our gut microbiota really influence our health and life expectancy?

by Éloi Gagnon and Benoit Arsenault,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageThe intestinal microbiota is the set of bacteria and viruses that live inside your gut. Microbiota perform a variety

Updated on:May 10,2024

Protein variant identified that renders chemotherapy ineffective in gastric cancer

by Weill Cornell Medical CollegeCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new protein variant underlies the ability of gastric cancers to resist an otherwise effective family of chemotherapy drugs, according to

Updated on: June 22,2024

Protein variant identified that renders chemotherapy ineffective in gastric cancer

by Weill Cornell Medical CollegeCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new protein variant underlies the ability of gastric cancers to resist an otherwise effective family of chemotherapy drugs, according to

Updated on:June 22,2024

Experts discuss the 'second brain': The gut microbiome

by Deann Gayman,University of Nebraska-LincolnRobert Hutkins and Andy Benson are photographed in the Nebraska Food for Health Center. This image is a composite so the two researchers could appea

Updated on: March 12,2024

Experts discuss the 'second brain': The gut microbiome

by Deann Gayman,University of Nebraska-LincolnRobert Hutkins and Andy Benson are photographed in the Nebraska Food for Health Center. This image is a composite so the two researchers could appea

Updated on:March 12,2024

Prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis in IBD examined

(HealthDay)—The global prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) ranges from 0.96 percent in Crohn disease (CD) to 2.47 percent in ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a review published onl

Updated on: February 19,2024

Prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis in IBD examined

(HealthDay)—The global prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) ranges from 0.96 percent in Crohn disease (CD) to 2.47 percent in ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a review published onl

Updated on:February 19,2024

Controlling gut flora can reduce mortality in critically ill patients on life support

by George Institute for Global HealthVisual Abstract.Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and hospital mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Credit:&nbsp

Updated on: June 01,2024

Controlling gut flora can reduce mortality in critically ill patients on life support

by George Institute for Global HealthVisual Abstract.Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and hospital mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Credit:&nbsp

Updated on:June 01,2024

New tool to translate communications between the microbiome and the body

by Quadram InstituteThe MicrobioLink workflow. Credit: Cells 2020, 9(5), 1278; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051278A new tool developed by scientists at the Quadram Institute and Earlham Institute is

Updated on: June 22,2024

New tool to translate communications between the microbiome and the body

by Quadram InstituteThe MicrobioLink workflow. Credit: Cells 2020, 9(5), 1278; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051278A new tool developed by scientists at the Quadram Institute and Earlham Institute is

Updated on:June 22,2024

Key immune cells maintain healthy gut bacteria to protect against colorectal cancer

by Weill Cornell Medical CollegeArtistic rendering of a tumor growing within a colon, resulting in local alterations of resident microbiota. Credit: Sarah Field SonnenbergAn immune cell subset ca

Updated on: June 17,2024

Key immune cells maintain healthy gut bacteria to protect against colorectal cancer

by Weill Cornell Medical CollegeArtistic rendering of a tumor growing within a colon, resulting in local alterations of resident microbiota. Credit: Sarah Field SonnenbergAn immune cell subset ca

Updated on:June 17,2024

Research finds that molecules in vegetables can help to ease lung infection

by The Francis Crick InstituteImage of the mouse lung showing endothelial cells lining the blood vessels in red and nuclei of the cells in blue. Air spaces are the dark areas of the image.

Updated on: April 15,2024

Research finds that molecules in vegetables can help to ease lung infection

by The Francis Crick InstituteImage of the mouse lung showing endothelial cells lining the blood vessels in red and nuclei of the cells in blue. Air spaces are the dark areas of the image.

Updated on:April 15,2024

Microbiota transplantation as a therapeutic tool: Deciphering how the technique affects different diseases

by Università di TrentoVariability of strain engraftment and retention across disease, antibiotics use and clinical success. a, Distribution of the fraction of donor strains and the fraction of retain

Updated on: May 17,2024

Microbiota transplantation as a therapeutic tool: Deciphering how the technique affects different diseases

by Università di TrentoVariability of strain engraftment and retention across disease, antibiotics use and clinical success. a, Distribution of the fraction of donor strains and the fraction of retain

Updated on:May 17,2024

Of mice and men and their different tolerance to pathogens

by Harvard UniversityThis cross section of a mouse Colon Chip shows the actin cytoskeleton of epithelial cells in magenta, the overlying mucus in yellow, and the cells' nuclei in blue. The te

Updated on: June 01,2024

Of mice and men and their different tolerance to pathogens

by Harvard UniversityThis cross section of a mouse Colon Chip shows the actin cytoskeleton of epithelial cells in magenta, the overlying mucus in yellow, and the cells' nuclei in blue. The te

Updated on:June 01,2024

The "gold" in breast milk

by University of BonnThe photo shows Professor Dorothee Viemann (right) and Dr. Sabine Pirr, senior physician at the intensive care unit for premature and full-term infants at Hannover Medical Sc

Updated on: May 28,2024

The "gold" in breast milk

by University of BonnThe photo shows Professor Dorothee Viemann (right) and Dr. Sabine Pirr, senior physician at the intensive care unit for premature and full-term infants at Hannover Medical Sc

Updated on:May 28,2024

Exploring stomach cancer concerns

by Jason Howland,Mayo ClinicCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainStomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is an abnormal growth of cells that begins in the stomach. It can affect several areas of

Updated on: May 19,2024

Exploring stomach cancer concerns

by Jason Howland,Mayo ClinicCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainStomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is an abnormal growth of cells that begins in the stomach. It can affect several areas of

Updated on:May 19,2024