Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients
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...ively influence the composition of microbes in the gut and improve the health of the intestine. While "bad" bacteria have been flagged as potential culprits in the cause of inflammatory diseases of the bowel, in this case, the ingestion of supplemental "good" bacteria (probiotics) to the intestine proved...Camera-guided colon surgery works best for most patients, study confirms
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...him to think of the oral vaccine. He knew that the gut immune system suppresses Th1 and enhances Th2 immune responses. The vaccine-mediated encephalomyelitis is thought to be mediated by Th1-type T cells so this route of treatment could diminish side effects. The associate editors of the Journal of Alzh...As morphine turns 200, drug that blocks its side effects reveals new secrets
... the brain, but it did block morphine's effects on gut motility, which are mediated by receptors in the gastrointestinal tract. Goldberg's university colleagues continued to develop the compound, testing it in animals and performing the initial human safety trials and clinical studies in volunteers and p...Active vaccine prevents mice from developing prion disease
...which localizes the initial immune response to the gut and mainly stimulates an antibody response, says D...ions in contaminated food will be destroyed in the gut and will not reach other organs in the body." Because the research was conducted in normal mice, the...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
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... had a video camera illuminating the inside of the gut that we learned how to take out polyps and learned to stage colorectal cancer," he explained. "We finally turned on the light inside. This is the same thing." ...