UCLA’s Lisa Chang explores differences in bowel habits, intestinal transit and pain, discussing how these factors relate to microbial composition and function.
Microbiota-targeted approaches that boost specific SCFAs could help prevent harmful Candida overgrowth in vulnerable people.
Targeting TLR5 could offer a new way to treat or prevent IPF by correcting harmful lung microbiota changes after injury.
Lukas Michaja Balsiger, KU Leuven, discusses findings linking upper abdominal bloating more closely to functional dyspepsia and lower abdominal bloating to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Humiome® B2 uses a patented coating technology intended to transport riboflavin through the upper gastrointestinal tract and release most of it in the ileal-colonic region.
Tumor microbiotas appear mainly in cancers of the mouth and digestive tract.
Diabetes prevention needs to account for diet-microbiota interactions, because some gut microbes appear to predict diabetes risk differently depending on fiber intake.
William Fusco, Policlinico Gemelli, discusses the gut fermentation syndrome, a rare condition arising when ethanol-producing bacteria or fungi in the gut generate excessive amounts of alcohol from dietary carbohydrates.
Monitoring or reshaping the gut microbiota after adenoma removal could become part of future strategies to reduce colorectal cancer risk.
Repeated head impacts, even if minor, can have biological effects.
