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Trinity Scientists Uncover Changes in Proteins that Regulate ‘Gut Leakiness’ and identify a link with Common Digestive Diseases

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important advance in understanding the biological factors that keep the lining of the gut ...

Mayo Clinic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Raises Risk of Melanoma

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) are at higher risk of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, report researchers at ...

Gastroenterologists Use New Technology to Detect Precancerous Cells

URMC Study Finds Increased Detection of Residual Barrett’s Esophagus with WATS3D Biopsy after Endoscopic Therapy ... Full story

Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Detrimental Liver Disease, Mayo Clinic Finds

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. ... Full story

Study reveals pressure ulcer research uncertainties

A new study involving researchers at the University of York has revealed substantial areas of doubt and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. ... Full story

Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage

Johns Hopkins research in mice unravels mystery behind sex disparities in drug-induced hepatitis ... Full story

Bladder condition may worsen insomnia symptoms in older adults

DARIEN, IL – A new study suggests that the bladder condition nocturia may worsen the already poor sleep of older adults with insomnia. ... Full story

Study: Probiotics reduce stress-induced intestinal flare-ups

University of Michigan study helps explain benefits of probiotics for patients with stress-associated gastrointestinal disorders ... Full story

Goats' milk with antimicrobial lysozyme speeds recovery from diarrhea

Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic animals to one day also benefit human health, report researchers at the University of California, Davis. ... Full story

Pancreatic injury does not evoke progenitors of insulin-producing cell

HOUSTON - The origin of beta-cells, the insulin-producing cells in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, has been controversial, and now new imaging and cell analysis technology shows that a recent study that seemed to have identified the progenitors of these important cells may have been in error, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. ... Full story

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