News articles tagged with 'intestinal'
Cat's out of the bag: PUMA contributes to ulcerative colitis
— 2 Apr 2011 11:37 | HealthUlcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease thought to be related to aberrant activation of the immune system in the intestine. Recent research has also suggested that…
Stem cells may be key to understanding the origins of colon cancer and detecting relapse
— 18 Mar 2011 15:14 | HealthColorectal cancer cells trigger a set of genes similar to those found in intestinal stem cells, scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have found. The…
Researchers define a new type of secretory cell in the intestine
— 8 Mar 2011 14:53 | HealthThe intestinal epithelium consists of four main specialised cell lineages: absorptive enterocytes and three secretory cell types known as enteroendocrine, Paneth, and goblet cells.…
Compound useful for studying birth defects may also have anti-tumour properties
— 1 Mar 2011 18:39 | HealthIn an interesting bit of scientific serendipity, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a chemical compound useful for studying the origins of intestinal birth…
Scientists sequence gut microbes of premature infant
— 14 Jan 2011 16:29 | HealthScientists have for the first time sequenced and reconstructed the genomes of most of the microbes in the gut of a premature newborn and documented how the microbe populations changed…
Rifaximin provides significant relief of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms
— 6 Jan 2011 15:23 | HealthA pair of clinical trials, conducted in part at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that two weeks of treatment with rifaximin provides significant relief of irritable…
Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why
— 4 Jan 2011 22:56 | HealthClues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source - fruit fly faeces. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are using the fruit fly…
Researchers develop oral delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases
— 11 Oct 2010 10:18 | HealthResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a novel approach for delivering small bits of genetic material into the body to improve the treatment…
NIH scientists describe how salmonella bacteria spread in humans
— 1 Oct 2010 11:45 | HealthNew findings by National Institutes of Health scientists could explain how Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, efficiently spread in people. In a study published…
First step to new therapy for chronic bowel disease
— 5 Jul 2010 14:05 | HealthScientists associated with VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and Ghent University (UGent) have discovered that A20 protein plays an important protective role in diseases associated…