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3 Apr 2018

Risk of Polyps Raised Following Calcium Supplementation

Calcium supplements have been shown to increase the risk of developing certain types of precancerous growths in the rectum or colon up to 10 years after…
3 Apr 2018

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases the Risk of Heart Attack

A strong link between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and myocardial infarction has been established from a study of >22 million IBD patients. With…
15 Mar 2018

New Insights into Biology of Whipworms Could Lead to Enhanced Treatments

New drugs to treat a particular type of worm called whipworm could be developed following vital insights into the bacteria that live in the parasites’…
12 Mar 2018

Promising New Approach for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Discovered by Researchers

Autoimmune responses can be initiated by bacteria residing in the small intestine that are able to translocate to other regions of the body, according to…
2 Mar 2018

New Understanding of the Role of a Signalling Protein in Colorectal Cancer Growth

Malignant growth and metastasis in colorectal cancer is driven by the manipulation of a signalling protein caused by growth factors, according to…
8 Feb 2018

Specialist Scan Can Improve Diagnosis Accuracy for Pancreatic Cancer

IMPROVED diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and better determination of the stage of the condition can be achieved through the use of a PET-CT scan…
31 Jan 2018

Sophisticated Battlefield Tactics of Bacteria Revealed in New Study

NEW insights into the strategies bacteria use to compete with one another have been revealed by researchers from the University of Oxford, Oxford…
18 Jan 2018

Study Identifies Treatment Avenue for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

SPECIFIC immune cells in the large intestine are moved by cholesterol metabolites, a process which underpins the formation of lymphoid tissue in the…