Gut diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are increasingly prevalent worldwide, especially in industrialised countries. In 2015 alone, 250,000 people in the UK were diagnosed wit... Read more
USC study indicates periodic low-calorie diet could help patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A clinical trial shows reduction of inflammation. USC researchers provided evidence that a... Read more
By combining engineered polymeric materials known as hydrogels with complex intestinal tissue known as organoids – made from human pluripotent stem cells – researchers have taken an importan... Read more
A recent study by researchers at the Atlanta VA took them to a not-so-likely destination: local farmers markets. They went in search of fresh ginger root. Back at the lab, the scientists tur... Read more
Parasitic infection enables helpful bacteria to displace harmful ones in mice and humans Infection with worms counters inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) by triggering immune responses that c... Read more
Invention Monitors an Important New Vital Sign A disposal, plastic listening device that attaches to the abdomen may help doctors definitively determine which post-operative patients should... Read more
A discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and potentially many other diseases, are made In a discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and pot... Read more
Safe, Multi-functional Anti-inflammatory/Anti-allergic Drugs Developed by Hebrew University Research
A synthetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic family of drugs to combat a variety of illnesses, while avoiding detrimental side effects, has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerus... Read more
The death of important gut-dwelling parasites that we co-evolved with may be causing the rise in food allergies and other diseases. Now scientists are working on finding ways to have us and... Read more