News tagged with intestinal tract
Analyzing food quality with an artificial intestine: the NutriChip
EPFL researchers have developed a miniature on-chip gastrointestinal tract in order to observe the effects of various nutrients on health. The “NutriChip” project’s in vitro tests have already ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Researchers discover a compound that controls Listeria
In a year when cantaloupe tainted with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes killed 30 people, the discovery of a compound that controls this deadly bacteria -- and possibly others -- is great news.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Healthy piglets? Not with sulfonamides
Recent work from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna confirms that sulfonamides can be used to control coccidiosis in piglets, although not without considerable effort and expense. In contrast, the drug toltrazuril ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Scientists grow personalized collections of intestinal microbes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Each of us carries a unique collection of trillions of friendly microbes in our intestines that helps break down food our bodies otherwise couldn't digest.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Compound useful for studying birth defects may also have anti-tumor properties
In an interesting bit of scientific serendipity, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a chemical compound useful for studying the origins of intestinal birth defects may also inhibit the growth and ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Bile acids link high-fat diet to colon cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bile acids could be the missing link between a high-fat, Western-style diet and colon cancer, UA researchers Carol and Harris Bernstein and their collaborators have discovered.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Probiotics may have some benefits for kids
(AP) -- A leading medical group says there's some evidence that probiotics, or "good" bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children.
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Integrative medicine: Colic in babies appears to be a bad gut feeling
If you've ever had a colicky baby or you know someone who has, you know how distressing it can be. Colic affects up to 28 percent of newborns and is one of the most vexing problems parents and pediatricians face in the ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Swine researchers seek answers to fiber's low digestibility
As interest grows in feeding distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to growing pigs, many questions are being asked about the digestibility of this alternative feed option.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Imaging reveals key metabolic factors of cannibalistic bacteria
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have revealed new details about how cannibalistic bacteria identify peers suitable for consumption. The work, which employed imaging mass spectrometry, ...
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Can Celebrex prevent cancer-causing colon polyps?
Rush University Medical Center is testing whether celecoxib, known by its brand name Celebrex, can help prevent the growth of precancerous polyps that form in the colon, rectum and small intestine of children with an inheritable ...
May 13, 2010 |
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Suppressing activity of common intestinal bacteria reduces tumor growth
A team of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers has discovered that common intestinal bacteria appear to promote tumor growths in genetically susceptible mice, but that tumorigenesis can be suppressed ...
May 09, 2010 |
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Bile sends mixed signals to E. coli
Bile secretions in the small intestine send signals to disease-causing gut bacteria allowing them to change their behaviour to maximise their chances of surviving, says Dr Steve Hamner, presenting his work ...
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Genes may exert opposite effects in diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease
Pediatric researchers analyzing DNA variations in type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease have found a complex interplay of genes. Some genes have opposing effects, raising the risk of one disease while protecting ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Study details machinery of immune protection against inflammatory diseases like colitis
Scientists report a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the intestinal tract from colitis.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 18, 2010 |
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