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RNT Health Insights Private Limited Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Desig
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 31: RNT Health Insights Private Limited, a clinical stage medical diagnostics company, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for their Early Gastric Cancer detection tool. Their innovative s
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Study reveals how B cells promote liver cancer with dangerous dual strateg
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Autoaggressive T cells cause inflammatory fatty liver disease (NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) and the ensuing liver cancer. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) have finally discovered the cause of this harmful behaviour. They discovered an increase in the number of
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Study shows how diet quality affects gut microbiota to promote health
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The microbiota consists of trillions of microorganisms that live in the gastrointestinal tract. They contribute to many physiological processes, and a diverse gut microbiota may promote resilience to disruptions that could contribute to disease
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Researchers discover significant variation in anatomy of human digestive s
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a recent study, the human digestive system's structure varies significantly from person to person, with obvious variances amongst healthy people. The discovery could help explain how the structure of the digestive tract affects human health and could also shed light on how the g
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Researchers identify novel tool to unveil communication between gut microb
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the past decade, researchers have started appreciating the importance of two-way communication that occurs between microbes in the gastrointestinal tract and the brain, known as the gut-brain axis.
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Scientists engineer probiotic to prevent infection of large intestine
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have created a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism, found in the gastrointestinal tract, to counter the onset and effects of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI).
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Scientists uncover new therapeutic target for treating colorectal tumors
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for two diseases, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, that are characterized by the prolonged inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. This condition often leads to the development of colorectal tumors. Understanding the pathogenesi
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Tracing tomatoes' health benefits to gut microbes: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Two weeks of eating a diet heavy in tomatoes increased the diversity of gut microbes and altered gut bacteria toward a more favourable profile in young pigs, researchers found.
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Appendiceal cancer gets its own preclinical model
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Appendiceal cancer (malignancies of the appendix, a small tissue pouch that is part of the gastrointestinal tract) is very rare, occurring in perhaps one or two people per 1 million per year. Prognoses are mixed, with a 5-year survival rate of 67 to 97 per cent for low-grade tumours detected
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Study: Antibiotic-resistant microbes in the gut make C. difficile more inf
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Clostridioides difficile, often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes severe intestinal illness and, as its name suggests, can be difficult to study and treat. Approximately 1 in 6 patients infected with C. difficile will be reinfected within two months. Yet scie
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NUS scientists develop probiotic to prevent large intestine infections
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, August 4 (ANI): Scientists at the National University of Singapore's (NUS Medicine) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine developed a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract in order to combat the onset and consequences of Clostridium Difficile infection
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Study finds inflammatory bowel disease increases risk for pregnant women
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Columbia [US], August 3 (ANI): Compared to pregnant women without IBD, pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease and their unborn children suffer more risks and problems. These are the conclusions of a recent study which examined the outcomes of more than 8 million pregnancies.
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