Common stomach bug could open door to better Crohn’s disease therapies
A big topic that remains not well-addressed is how norovirus infection triggers disease onset in patients with Crohn’s.
Year: 2022
Researchers find gut bacteria, even healthy ones, linked to HIV susceptibility
A new study suggests that some gut bacteria, even ones that support healthy gut diversity, are indicating factors of greater susceptibility to contracting the infection.
Gut rotation: Mystery behind organ development uncovered by Cornell scientists
A new study by scientists at Cornell University reveals, for the first time, that the gut rotation is initiated in two steps.
Food high in cholesterol can quicken fatty liver disease progression
Researchers from the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine conclude that high-cholesterol diets can lead to abnormalities in immune cells implicated in fatty liver disease.
Giving infants antibiotics may raise their risk of gut health issues in adulthood
A new study, finds that early life exposure to antibiotics in neonatal mice has adverse effects on the gut into adulthood.
Stress can actually protect the body against harmful gut inflammation
“This one of the few studies showing that chronic stress could have beneficial effect instead of negative effect,” researchers say.
High fiber diet increases liver cancer risk in people with rare birth defect
Consumption of refined fibers may put people with vascular abnormalities at risk of developing liver cancer, according to scientists at The University of Toledo.
The type of exercise you do — and how hard you do it — impacts chances of staying colon cancer-free
Regular exercise can help improve treatment outcomes for people who just finished having surgery for Stage III colon cancer.
Unhealthy gut linked to breast cancer spread, recurrence
A new study finds that a disrupted gut microbiome alters mast cells, or immune cells in breast tissue, which ultimately helps cancer spread.
Why are fecal transplants so successful in repairing the gut? Study explores what happens when microbiomes merge
Considering no two gut microbiomes are alike, researchers observed the interactions between microbes of different ecosystems during a fecal transplant.