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Common parasite uncovers key cause of Crohn's

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immune systems have their sinister side, especially when they have not learned how hard to fight. Crohn's disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases inflict more than a million Americans ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Scientists find the 'master switch' for key immune cells in inflammatory diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a protein that acts as a "master switch" in certain white blood cells, determining whether they promote or inhibit inflammation. The study, published in the journal ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New probiotic combats inflammatory bowel disease

You know the probiotics in your peach yogurt are healthful, but now it appears they may also be a powerful treatment for disease.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Stem cells turned into complex, functioning intestinal tissue in lab

For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in the laboratory from pluripotent stem cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Disposable cortisol biosensor developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have developed a disposable, non-invasive new biosensor to monitor levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, and say the ultrasensitive electrochemical impedance technique ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Study finds structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Thioketal nanoparticles: Researchers develop oral delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have developed a novel approach for delivering small bits of genetic material into the body to improve the treatment ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm

In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Amid the murk of 'gut flora,' vitamin D receptor emerges as a key player

Within the human digestive tract is a teeming mass of hundreds of types of bacteria, a potpourri of microbes numbering in the trillions that help us digest food and keep bad bacteria in check.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research links 29 genome regions with common form of inflammatory bowel disease

An international team of researchers has made new links between 29 regions of the genome and ulcerative colitis – a common form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The new findings increase the total number of genome ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rifaximin provides significant relief of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms

A pair of clinical trials, conducted in part at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that two weeks of treatment with rifaximin provides significant relief of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Newly identified cell population key to immune response

Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have identified the key immune cell population responsible for regulating the body's immune response.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inexpensive drug to stop sight loss shown to be effective

An inexpensive, but unlicensed drug to help prevent severe sight loss in older people has been shown to be safe and effective, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Inflammatory bowel disease in kids is on a mysterious rise

For 10-year-old Jacob Krause, getting ready for the new school year wasn't a simple matter of back-to-school shopping. It also involved working out logistics for getting to the bathroom as many as 20 times during a single ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Genetic link found between spinal arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute in Brisbane, Australia, have found that a form of spinal arthritis is genetically linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The study will be published on December ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Intestine

In human anatomy, the intestine (or bowel) is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subdivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the cecum and colon.

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