Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cutting-edge research has uncovered how chronic stress disrupts the balance of gut microbiota to speed up the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC), opening new avenues for…
Tag: Gastroenterology
Gut bacteria composition influences rotavirus vaccine efficacy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Certain types of gut bacteria can hinder the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.…
Study compares surgical techniques for Crohn disease
For patients undergoing open or laparoscopic resection of the small bowel or strictureplasty for Crohn disease (CD), small bowel resection is associated with the longest length of stay and increased…
‘Unhealthy’ gut microbiome patterns linked to heightened risk of death after organ transplant
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ‘Unhealthy’ gut microbiome patterns are linked to a heightened risk of death after a solid organ transplant, finds research published online in the journal Gut. While…
Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression, researchers find
CARBALIVE beads viewed with a scanning electron microscope. Credit: University of Brighton/Yaqrit Innovative carbon beads, invented by researchers at UCL, reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are…
Meet Clostridium butyricum—the bacteria that helps keep us feeling our best
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Our friend here, Clostridium butyricum (also known as C butyricum), is one of the hardest working microbes living in our gut. Without its exhaustive work, we…
Meet Ruminococcus bromii, the microbe that loves carbs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The fascinating human gut bacterium Ruminococcus bromii is one of the ten most common bacterial species found in the colon. This bacterium, first discovered discovered in…
Swallowable sensors could pinpoint gut movement problems for patients
A close-up picture of the capsule. Credit: Gerard Cummins, University of Birmingham. Scientists have developed an ingestible capsule dotted with sensors that can detect pressure in a patient’s guts and…
A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screening
by Carla K. Johnson This image provided by Guardant Health in March 2024, shows packaging for their colon cancer blood test, Shield. According to a study published Wednesday, March 13,…
Research finds not placing a drain improves distal pancreatectomy outcomes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by Amsterdam UMC across 10 Dutch hospitals and two Italian hospitals has found that not placing a drain during surgery improves outcomes in patients…
