Gastrointestinal Problems News

April 15, 2024

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Carbon Beads Help Restore Healthy Gut Microbiome and Reduce Liver Disease Progression

Apr. 15, 2024 — Innovative carbon beads reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are linked to liver cirrhosis and other serious health ...

Hope for Treating Autoimmune Diseases

Apr. 3, 2024 — A routine blood test that measures a patient's inflammation levels could improve the early diagnosis and management of a wide range of debilitating autoimmune diseases. The Systemic Inflammation Index (SII) uses information from routine laboratory ...

Implantable Sensor Could Lead to Timelier Crohn's Treatment

Mar. 18, 2024 — Scientists have developed the first wireless, implantable temperature sensor to detect inflammatory flareups in patients with Crohn's disease. The approach offers long-term, real-time monitoring and could enable clinicians to act earlier to prevent ...

Bacteria Subtype Linked to Growth in Up to 50% of Human Colorectal Cancers

Mar. 20, 2024 — Researchers have found that a specific subtype of a microbe commonly found in the mouth is able to travel to the gut and grow within colorectal cancer tumors. This microbe is also a culprit for driving cancer progression and leads to poorer patient ...

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Using Machine Learning to Save Lives in the ER

Mar. 26, 2024 — Researchers have used machine learning to identify subgroups of trauma patients who are more likely to survive their injuries if treated with tranexamic acid. This treatment controls bleeding and ...

Study Lays the Basis for New Knowledge on Gastrointestinal Diseases

Apr. 11, 2024 — The transition from the esophagus to the stomach is a delicate region from a medical point of view, often associated with pathological disorders leading to cancer. An international research team has ...

Gene Analysis Generates Spatial Map of Intestinal Cells and Traces Their Trajectories During Gut Inflammation

Apr. 2, 2024 — Cells within the intestines perform various roles including nutrient absorption, sensing, and maintaining homeostasis. Certain chronic disorders are ...

New Discovery Unravels Malaria Invasion Mechanism

Apr. 3, 2024 — A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study reveals the role of a sugar called sialic acid in this invasion process. ...

Fiber, Genes and the Gut Microbiome: Study Reveals Possible Triggers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Mar. 20, 2024 — A new study finds a complex interplay between diet, genes, and the gut microbiota that could explain why IBD ...

Industrial Societies Losing Healthy Gut Microbes

Mar. 18, 2024 — Our eating habits in industrialized societies are far removed from those of ancient humans. This is impacting our intestinal flora, it seems, as newly discovered cellulose degrading bacteria are ...

Gut Bacteria Make Neurotransmitters to Shape the Newborn Immune System

Mar. 15, 2024 — Investigators discovered that unique bacteria colonize the gut shortly after birth and make the neurotransmitter serotonin to educate gut immune cells. This prevents allergic reactions to food and ...

New Understanding of the Gut Immune System May Hold Promise for Crohn's Disease Patients

Mar. 13, 2024 — Scientists uncovered an overlooked mechanism in the gut immune system of patients suffering from severe cases of Crohn's disease. The discovery may ...

Tryptophan in Diet, Gut Bacteria Protect Against E. Coli Infection

Mar. 13, 2024 — Gut bacteria and a diet rich in the amino acid tryptophan can play a protective role against pathogenic E. coli, which can cause severe stomach upset, cramps, fever, intestinal bleeding and renal ...

A Sprayable Gel Could Make Minimally Invasive Surgeries Simpler and Safer

Mar. 12, 2024 — The new GastroShield gel can be sprayed through an endoscope after polyps are removed during colonoscopy, protecting the gut and helping prevent complications from weakened gastrointestinal ...

Novel Device for Stomach Complaints Has Successful Human Trial

Mar. 5, 2024 — A world-leading device developed by researchers to measure faulty gut electrical signals has passed a major ...

New Role for Bacterial Enzyme in Gut Metabolism Revealed

Feb. 29, 2024 — Bile acids long have been known to play a role in human metabolism. Synthesized from cholesterol in the liver, bile acids are involved in digestive processes, particularly in absorbing fat. They also ...

Gut-Brain Communication Turned on Its Axis

Feb. 26, 2024 — The mechanisms by which antidepressants and other emotion-focused medications work could be reconsidered due to an important new breakthrough in the understanding of how the gut communicates with the ...

Treating Newly-Diagnosed Crohn's Patients With Advanced Therapy Leads to Dramatic Improvements in Outcomes

Feb. 22, 2024 — A large-scale clinical trial of treatment strategies for Crohn's disease has shown that offering early advanced therapy to all patients straight after diagnosis can drastically improve outcomes, ...

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Recommended for the Majority of Recurrent C. Diff Patients

Feb. 21, 2024 — In the first comprehensive evidence-based guideline on the use of fecal microbiota-based therapies for gastrointestinal disease, the American Gastroenterological Association recommends fecal ...

Do Sugar-Free Candy and Gum Give You Gas? Researchers Think They Know Why

Feb. 15, 2024 — Scientists may have figured out why some people have trouble digesting sorbitol, a sugar alcohol used in sugar-free gum, mints, candy and other ...

Nutrients Direct Intestinal Stem Cell Function and Affect Aging

Feb. 12, 2024 — The capacity of intestinal stem cells to maintain cellular balance in the gut decreases upon aging. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of action between the nutrient adaptation of intestinal ...

Healthy Diet Early in Life Seems to Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jan. 31, 2024 — Having a high dietary intake of fish and vegetables at 1 year of age, and a low intake of sugar beverages, seems to protect against inflammatory bowel disease. These are the findings of a study with ...

A Tie Between the Most Common Obesity Surgeries

Jan. 30, 2024 — The two most common obesity surgeries -- gastric bypass and gastric sleeve -- have few short-term complications and are equivalent in that ...

How Fasting May Protect Against Inflammation

Jan. 30, 2024 — Scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation -- a potentially damaging side-effect of the body's immune system that underlies a number of chronic ...

Switching to Vegan or Ketogenic Diet Rapidly Impacts Immune System

Jan. 30, 2024 — Researchers have observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet. Scientists closely monitored various ...

Mood Interventions May Reduce Inflammation in Crohn's and Colitis

Jan. 24, 2024 — New research reveals that interventions which improve mood can reduce levels of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease by 18 per cent, compared to having no mood ...

Protein Discovery Could Help Solve Prostate Cancer Drug Resistance

Jan. 22, 2024 — Researchers have identified a receptor protein known as CHRM1 as a key player in prostate cancer cells' resistance to docetaxel, a commonly used chemotherapy drug to treat advanced cancer that ...

A Novel Pathway Regulating Lipid Biosynthesis by Fatty Acids

Jan. 13, 2024 — Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) play a crucial role in lipid biosynthesis. In a recent study, researchers identified a novel cleavage enzyme of SREBP-1c, a key player in fatty ...

Researchers Identify Why Cancer Immunotherapy Can Cause Colitis

Jan. 5, 2024 — Researchers have identified a mechanism that causes severe gastrointestinal problems with immune-based cancer treatment, also finding a way to deliver immunotherapy's cancer-killing impact ...

The Surprisingly Resourceful Ways Bacteria Thrive in the Human Gut

Jan. 4, 2024 — New research shows that some groups of bacteria in the gut are amazingly resourceful, with a large repertoire of genes that help them generate energy for themselves and potentially influence human ...

New Reasons Eating Less Fat Should Be One of Your Resolutions

Jan. 3, 2024 — A new study to motivate your New Year's resolutions: it demonstrates that high-fat diets negatively impact genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the ...

The Key Mechanism to Cell Growth Has Been Elucidated

Dec. 21, 2023 — Researchers have discovered how amino acids activate a key cell, TORC1, which is a master regulator in living organisms that controls whether cells grow or recycle their contents in yeast. Notably, ...

Study Unveils a Role of Mitochondria in Dietary Fat Processing

Dec. 21, 2023 — Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling the uptake of lipids from digested ...

A New Mechanism by Which Rotavirus Makes You Sick

Dec. 15, 2023 — Scientists report a new mechanism by which rotavirus induces diarrhea by interfering with the normal absorption of nutrients in the ...