Foundational technology to make cancer cells revert to normal cells?

December 23, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Despite the development of numerous cancer treatment technologies, the common goal of current cancer therapies is to eliminate cancer cells. This approach, however, faces fundamental limitations, including cancer cells developing

Hidden mechanism of swallowing revealed by Caenorhabditis elegans

December 21, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) announced that a research team led by Professor Kim Kyuhyung at the Department of Brain Sciences has discovered a new principle that regulates how food moves

Potential culprit identified in lingering Crohn’s disease symptoms

December 21, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A study from University of Michigan researchers may provide an explanation for why some patients with Crohn’s disease continue to experience symptoms, even in the absence of inflammation. The resulting

Shiitake-derived functional food shows suppression of liver fibrosis progression

December 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Chronic liver damage can lead to hepatitis, which causes fibrosis of the liver. This buildup of collagen and other fibrous tissue accelerates when hepatic stellate cells become activated during hepatitis,

‘Bad’ bacteria can trigger painful gut contractions; new research shows how

December 18, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

After a meal of questionable seafood or a few sips of contaminated water, bad bacteria can send your digestive tract into overdrive. Your intestines spasm and contract, efficiently expelling everything

Researchers find previously unknown links between microbial bile acids and the risk of colon cancer

December 17, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Microbes living in our guts help us digest food by reshaping the bile acids that our livers produce for breaking down fats. It turns out that two of these microbially-modified

Combined screening can detect liver damage in diabetes patients

December 13, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden highlights the possibility of screening people with type 2 diabetes for liver damage at the same time as they undergo screening for eye

Ugh, my stomach: Identifying amino acids that prevent sporulation in food poisoning

December 13, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Food poisoning is a common, yet unpleasant, illness caused by eating contaminated items. It is sometimes caused by Clostridium perfringens, a pathogen widely found in soil and the intestinal tracts

AI-based tool for pancreatic cancer diagnostics

December 13, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Researchers have successfully developed a deep learning model that classifies pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer, into molecular subtypes using histopathology images. This approach achieves

Antidepressants may act in gut to reduce depression and anxiety

December 12, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Most of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from “butterflies” in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we’re