Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

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Dietary inulin fiber can promote allergy-related type of inflammation in the gut and lungs

A type of dietary fiber called inulin, commonly used in health supplements and known to have certain anti-inflammatory properties, can also promote an allergy-related type of inflammation in the lung and gut, and other parts of the body, according to a preclinical study from researchers in the Friedman Center for Nutrition and Inflammation and Jill Roberts Institute for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine and in the Boyce Thompson Institute on Cornell's Ithaca campus.

2 Nov 2022

Ohio State researchers enter federal cooperative agreement to develop radiation biodosimetry solutions

Researchers with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) have entered a federal cooperative agreement, valued up to $9.42 million, that will help them further develop Ohio State's biodosimetry technology to discover noninvasive biomarkers for radiation exposure – work that will have national security applications.

2 Nov 2022

Researchers corroborate the importance of exercise for cognitive function

Accumulating evidence finds that exercise can improve brain function and delay or prevent the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

2 Nov 2022

Sophisticated tool helps measure exposure levels to PFAS

A novel metric that estimates our "burden," or cumulative exposure, to a family of thousands of synthetic chemicals that we encounter in everyday life with potentially adverse health impacts, has been created by a team of researchers at Mount Sinai.

2 Nov 2022

Researchers study the unique adaptability of small intestinal bacteria for the first time

Bacteria in the small intestine adapt dynamically to our nutritional state, with individual species disappearing and reappearing.

1 Nov 2022

Gut microbiota influences social behavior by stimulating microglial remodeling of brain circuits

To learn to socialize, zebrafish need to trust their gut. Gut microbes encourage specialized cells to prune back extra connections in brain circuits that control social behavior, new UO research in zebrafish shows.

1 Nov 2022

Study provides more nuanced insights into RNA modifications by A-to-I editing during brain development

Mount Sinai researchers have cataloged thousands of sites in the brain where RNA is modified throughout the human lifespan in a process known as adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing, offering important new avenues for understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain development and how they factor into both health and disease.

1 Nov 2022

Study highlights the importance of early screening of first-degree relatives of patients with NAFLD

Approximately one-fourth of the general population worldwide has nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, known as NAFLD, an umbrella term for a range of liver conditions affecting people who drink little to no alcohol. NAFLD can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure.

1 Nov 2022

First preclinical model to study the pathobiology of appendiceal cancer

Appendiceal cancer (malignancies of the appendix, a small tissue pouch that is part of the gastrointestinal tract) is very rare, occurring in perhaps one or two people per 1 million per year.

1 Nov 2022

SARS-CoV-2 can disrupt normal mix of gut bacteria to increase risk for other infections

Infection with the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2, can reduce the number of bacterial species in a patient's gut, with the lesser diversity creating space for dangerous microbes to thrive, a new study finds.

1 Nov 2022

Novel delivery system selectively delivers antibiotics to specific targets

Physicists at McMaster University have identified a natural delivery system which can safely carry potent antibiotics throughout the body to selectively attack and kill bacteria by using red blood cells as a vehicle.

1 Nov 2022

BCRF renews funding to support the development of novel therapeutics for triple-negative breast cancer

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) has renewed its funding to Elisa Port, MD, and Hanna Irie, MD, PhD, to study new therapeutic approaches that target aggressive triple-negative breast cancer.

31 Oct 2022

What are the implications of microbial ecosystems for female reproductive health?

Researchers reviewed the current understanding of the composition and temporal dynamics of microbial niches in the female reproductive tract.

31 Oct 2022

Does maternal obesity impact fetal brain development?

In a new study, researchers assessed the impact of maternal obesity on brain development in the fetus.

31 Oct 2022

UK Markey Cancer Center earns the rigorous NAPRC accreditation

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.

28 Oct 2022

Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people

Immigrant pregnant people faced persistent inequities in obtaining timely prenatal care as compared with native-born pregnant people in the United States over an eight-year period, a factor that could be contributing to longstanding health disadvantages, according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open on October 28.

28 Oct 2022

Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Latest Gastrointestinal Health News and Research

Dietary inulin fiber can promote allergy-related type of inflammation in the gut and lungs

Ohio State researchers enter federal cooperative agreement to develop radiation biodosimetry solutions

Researchers corroborate the importance of exercise for cognitive function

Sophisticated tool helps measure exposure levels to PFAS

Researchers study the unique adaptability of small intestinal bacteria for the first time

Gut microbiota influences social behavior by stimulating microglial remodeling of brain circuits

Study provides more nuanced insights into RNA modifications by A-to-I editing during brain development

Study highlights the importance of early screening of first-degree relatives of patients with NAFLD

First preclinical model to study the pathobiology of appendiceal cancer

SARS-CoV-2 can disrupt normal mix of gut bacteria to increase risk for other infections

Novel delivery system selectively delivers antibiotics to specific targets

BCRF renews funding to support the development of novel therapeutics for triple-negative breast cancer

What are the implications of microbial ecosystems for female reproductive health?

Does maternal obesity impact fetal brain development?

UK Markey Cancer Center earns the rigorous NAPRC accreditation

Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people

Commensal gut microbes from IBD patients produce genotoxic metabolites

Third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine offers cirrhosis patients strong protection against the virus

Unique gut bacteria could be responsible for triggering rheumatoid arthritis in at-risk people

Probiotics and prebiotics can reduce the risk of frailty syndrome among the elderly

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