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Is dairy colostrum the key to Olympic success?
Scientists investigating natural ways to enhance athletic performance have found that bovine colostrum can massively reduce gut permeability — otherwise known as ‘leaky gut syndrome.’ Their findings, published in the March issue of the American J…
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Nanoparticles could help smuggle drugs into the gut, according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Nanotechnology.
There are several drugs that would have more beneficial therapeutic effects if they could be targeted at…
Antibiotics have long-term impacts on gut flora
Short courses of antibiotics can leave normal gut bacteria harbouring antibiotic resistance genes for up to two years after treatment, say scientists writing in the latest issue of Microbiology, published on 3 November.
The researchers believe tha…
Discovery may help scientists boost broccoli’s cancer-fighting power
URBANA — A University of Illinois study has shown for the first time that sulforaphane, the powerful cancer-fighting agent in broccoli, can be released from its parent compound by bacteria in the lower gut and absorbed into the body.
“This disco…
You may not be able to say how you feel about your race
INDIANAPOLIS — A new study from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis looks at how much African Americans and whites favor or prefer their own racial group over the other, how much they identify with their …
Bacteria identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in certain individuals
Certain bacteria that inhabit the intestine provide the environmental trigger that initiates and perpetuates chronic intestinal inflammation in individuals who are genetically susceptible to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a study led by Harvard S…
Proof that a gut-wrenching complaint — irritable bowel syndrome — is not in your head
Irritable bowel syndrome makes life miserable for those affected — an estimated ten percent or more of the population. And what irritates many of them even more is that they often are labeled as hypochondriacs, since physical causes for irritable b…
Georgia researcher finds new source of stem cells: the gut
A cell type with the potential for making the four major types of human tissue has been found in the stomach and small intestine by a Medical College of Georgia researcher. These VENT cells have been found in addition to the three sources of cells typically associated with gastrointestinal development, says Dr. Paul Sohal, MCG developmental biologist, who first identified these cells nearly a decade ago. Identification of VENT — ventrally emigrating neural tube — cells within the stomach and small intestine is another piece in Dr. Sohal’s effort to fully define and describe the cells that he first found migrating out from the neural tube of a chick embryo. If Dr. Sohal’s studies are on target, he’s found the first source of new cells identified in the embryo since 1868 and what might be the precursor for adult stem cells.
