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Western diet impairs the gut immune system, could increase risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Cleveland Clinic.

18 May 2021

Researchers link “genetic signatures” of bacteria in the human gut to multiple diseases

We are truly never alone, not even within our own bodies. Human beings play host to trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorganisms that make up the human microbiome.

18 May 2021

Compound from tropical ginger plant can help in the treatment of inflammatory diseases

Many natural compounds have various anti-inflammatory and other beneficial properties that humans have been utilizing for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years.

7 May 2021

Personalized medicines could be manufactured with 3D printing technology

Customized medicines could one day be manufactured to patients’ individual needs, with University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers investigating technology to 3D ‘print’ pills.

6 May 2021

Study describes IgG antibodies in Crohn's disease specific for human bacterial flagellins

Last year, Charles O. Elson, M.D., demonstrated a potential preventive treatment for Crohn's disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. He used a mouse model that included immune-reactive T cells from patients with Crohn's disease in a flagellin peptide-specific immunotherapy.

6 May 2021

Processed diets may promote diseases characterized by low-grade infection and inflammation

Processed diets, which are low in fiber, may initially reduce the incidence of foodborne infectious diseases such as E. coli infections, but might also increase the incidence of diseases characterized by low-grade chronic infection and inflammation such as diabetes, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

28 Apr 2021

Commonly-prescribed drug for IBD blunts COVID-19 vaccine response

People who take a commonly-prescribed drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not assume they are protected after a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, after a large-scale study found many had poor antibody responses.

26 Apr 2021

Probiotic L. acidophilus can effectively treat intestinal inflammation, research shows

Intestinal epithelial tight junctions (TJs) act as a functional and structural barrier against harmful antigens that promote intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other inflammatory conditions of the gut.

20 Apr 2021

Gut's immune response in COVID-19 patients may not provide adequate protection to other organs

Our guts may not provide long-lasting systemic immunity from COVID-19, which is where immune cells circulate through the body to provide protection to other organs, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Immunology.

20 Apr 2021

Defects in specific goblet cells may be a factor contributing to ulcerative colitis

There are many variants of "goblet cells" in the intestines and they seem to have different functions, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

19 Apr 2021

Exercise could be used to improve the oral environment in people with NAFLD

Liver disease, from metabolic and bacterial causes, is a growing concern. What connects these dots? The gut, or more specifically, bacteria in the gut.

12 Apr 2021

BGU researchers identify probiotic yogurt-based drug candidates

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have for the first time identified new drug candidates based on molecules isolated from probiotic Kefir yogurt for combating pathogenic bacteria and treating various inflammatory conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and COVID-19 related cytokine storms.

12 Apr 2021

Inflammatory Bowel Disease News and Research

Latest Inflammatory Bowel Disease News and Research

Western diet impairs the gut immune system, could increase risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers link “genetic signatures” of bacteria in the human gut to multiple diseases

Compound from tropical ginger plant can help in the treatment of inflammatory diseases

Personalized medicines could be manufactured with 3D printing technology

Study describes IgG antibodies in Crohn's disease specific for human bacterial flagellins

Processed diets may promote diseases characterized by low-grade infection and inflammation

Commonly-prescribed drug for IBD blunts COVID-19 vaccine response

Probiotic L. acidophilus can effectively treat intestinal inflammation, research shows

Gut's immune response in COVID-19 patients may not provide adequate protection to other organs

Defects in specific goblet cells may be a factor contributing to ulcerative colitis

Exercise could be used to improve the oral environment in people with NAFLD

BGU researchers identify probiotic yogurt-based drug candidates

Mice study points to a promising treatment for relieving colitis pain without side effects

Infliximab may hinder the effectiveness of some COVID-19 vaccines

Study: Wisdom and loneliness can influence the gut microbial diversity

New study may shed light on inflammatory bowel disease

DNMT3a plays a key role in regulating HSC responses to infections

Study reveals new approach for treating diabetic foot ulcers

How could AI be used to predict infection outcomes?

New approach harnesses disease-causing proteins to combat cancer

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease News and Research

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