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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an ongoing or chronic health problem that causes inflammation and swelling in the digestive tract. The irritation causes bleeding sores called ulcers to form along the digestive tract. This in turn can cause crampy, abdominal pain and severe bloody diarrhea.

New Method Brings Precision to Monitoring Beneficial Bacteria After FMT

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators have developed a new technology to track beneficial bacteria after fecal microbiota transplants (FMT).

23 Oct 2025

Ingestible Bioprinter Revolutionizes Possibilities for Non-Invasive Tissue Repair

The MEDS device enables non-invasive tissue repair in the GI tract, utilizing innovative bioprinting techniques for effective treatment of internal lesions.

23 Oct 2025

Autophagy Protein ATG9A Shields the Skin from Harmful Inflammation

Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have uncovered a key mechanism that protects the skin from harmful inflammation.

21 Oct 2025

Study Uncovers Hundreds of New Viruses Living Inside the Gut Bacteria

Hundreds of new viruses living inside bacteria within our gut have been discovered in an international study led by Professor Jeremy J. Barr from Monash University's School of Biological Sciences and Associate Professor Sam Forster from Hudson Institute of Medical Research.

16 Oct 2025

Discovery Reveals How Microbes Evolve Rapidly Inside the Human Gut

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body.

14 Oct 2025

Studies Uncover PAR2 Receptor’s Role in Gut Inflammation and Pain

Abdominal pain is common in a variety of digestive diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

8 Oct 2025

Neuron-Like Telocytes Directly Connect to Stem Cells in the Intestine

In a key advance for regenerative medicine and gut health, scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have uncovered a precise and unexpected communication system in the gut.

24 Jul 2025

New Chemical Tool Protects Mitochondrial DNA from Environmental Damage

When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and chronic inflammation.

22 Jul 2025

Uncovering the Gut Virome's Role in Health and Disease

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the virome—the community of viruses—relatively uncharted.

4 Jul 2025

Ancient Immune Sensor STING Found to Regulate Gut Microbe Tolerance

Thousands of bacterial and other microbial species live in the human gut, supporting healthy digestion, immunity, metabolism and other functions.

18 Jun 2025

Unraveling the Genetic Roots of Anemia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

One of the most frequent side effects of inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is iron deficiency and anemia, which can be made worse by a genetic mutation linked to Crohn’s disease, according to a study conducted by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

9 Jun 2025

Gut Microbiome Offers Clues to Detecting and Treating Gastrointestinal Diseases

Scientists have discovered a range of 'biomarkers' that could help to improve detection and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (GIDs) such as gastric cancer (GC), colorectal cancer (CRC), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

29 May 2025

Study Reveals How H3K36 Methylation Controls Intestinal Cell Plasticity and Regeneration

Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have solved a cellular mystery that may lead to better therapies for colorectal and other types of cancer.

26 Mar 2025

New Database Provides Insights into snoRNA Expression in Zebrafish

Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are non-coding RNA molecules whose role in gene regulation and their association with certain diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or colorectal cancer, has only recently become known.

20 Mar 2025

Synthetic Microbiome Treatment Prevents C. difficile Infection in Mice

A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, protects against severe symptoms of a gut infection that is notoriously difficult-to-treat and potentially life threatening in humans, according to a team of researchers at Penn State.

4 Mar 2025

Engineered Phages Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to Intestines

Engineered phages transform gut bacteria into drug delivery systems, releasing therapeutic proteins that reduce inflammation and promote satiety in obesity.

19 Feb 2025

Inflammasome Helps Block Malignancy in Blood Stem Cells

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

17 Jan 2025