Cell research unearths new way of stopping colorectal cancer tumors from growing
A new study has developed a novel colorectal cancer inhibitor that could prevent tumors from growing and spreading throughout the body.
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Carbon monoxide for Crohn’s disease? Low doses could reduce inflammation, study shows
Since the 1990s, Leo Otterbein, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been studying the effects of low-dose carbon monoxide.
Harvard scientists propose widespread banking of stool samples for fecal transplants later in life
Researchers from the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are proposing the widespread banking of stool samples for fecal transplants later in life.
Can guppies help us understand how the gut has evolved? Researchers say yes
Guppies usually come to mind when thinking about aquariums, not biology or ecology. In science, however, they have been the main event.
Newly developed auditing tool could improve research study authenticity
Considering how the integrity of researchers can be brought into question, Harvard Medical School computational scientists generated a tool called vibration of effects (VoE). I
New blood test can predict severe Crohn’s diagnosis up to 7 years in advance, study finds
A group of international researchers say that an antibody detectable in blood can predict severe Crohn’s disease up to seven years prior to diagnosis.
How amoeba therapy could stop bacteria behind severe diarrheal infections in children
If successful, Dr. Moonah’s work would be the first to deliver a drug treatment using an amoeba or another protozoan.
Computer-assisted colonoscopies prove better at finding potentially cancerous polyps
With computer-aided colonoscopy, artificial intelligence (AI) can act as a second set of eyes for the endoscopist.
Scientists unveil vast cell atlas that ‘deepens understanding of biology,’ opens doors to new treatments
Scientists are presenting a massive digital catalog called the Tabula Sapiens cell atlas, mapping these subsets of genes from 24 human tissue types and organs.