by University of Queensland Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have isolated five strains of gut bacteria that could pave the way for new inflammatory bowel disease treatments and potentially help prevent some forms of bowel cancer. The study by University of Queensland and Mater researchers identified gut bacterial strains that suppress inappropriate gut inflammation and...
by University of Barcelona Credit: University of Barcelona Approximately 1 in 25 people will develop colon cancer during their lifetime and nearly 2 million cases new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is commonly used to treat colon cancer. While this treatment is initially effective in most cases, many patients relapse after treatment. Led...
by Thomas Jefferson University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Colorectal, pancreatic, esophageal and stomach cancers—some of the deadliest kinds of cancer—have high recurrence rates where the cancer comes back even after successful surgery or radiation treatment. To combat these treatment-resistant cancers, Thomas University Jefferson researchers led by Adam Snook, Ph.D., an associate professor of pharmacology and...
by University of California – San Diego Credit: Nano Letters (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01328 A new combination therapy to combat cancer could one day consist of a plant virus and an antibody that activates the immune system’s “natural killer” cells, shows a study by researchers at the University of California San Diego. In mouse models of colon cancer,...
by Pasteur Institute Migrating human T lymphocytes revealing a broad protrusion at the leading edge and long adhesive protrusions at the rear. Image obtained by confocal fluorescence microscopy: filamentous actin, pink; VLA4 adhesion protein, blue. Credit: Institut Pasteur/Lymphocyte Cell Biology. Credit: Marta Mastrogiovanni. In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic disease predisposing to colon...
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN IMAGE: A MULTI-COLOR IMAGE OF COLON TISSUE. SINGLE CELL NUCLEI ARE VISIBLE IN BLUE. COLON CANCER CELLS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. THE CELLS INFILTRATE THE ORGAN LINING AND THE MUSCLE LAYERS (RED), ULTIMATELY LEADING TO CANCER CELL MIGRATION INTO OTHER ORGANS. CREDIT: © KENNETH PEUKER Colon cancer is one of the most...
by University of Aberdeen Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists from the University of Aberdeen, NHS Grampian and Queen’s University Belfast have found that antibiotic use may increase the risk of developing colon cancer, potentially more so among younger people. The study of almost 40,000 people compared antibiotic use and lifestyle factors of those who had colorectal cancer and those...
by Mayo Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A colonoscopy is an exam used to detect changes or abnormalities in the large intestine, or colon, and rectum. It’s an important exam that’s performed to check for colon cancer. But some would agree that preparing for the colonoscopy is worse than the exam itself. In this Mayo Clinic...
Nancy A. Melville and Amy Reyes October 28, 2021 In ongoing efforts to investigate a link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer, new research shows that women who consume higher levels of vitamin D – particularly from dietary sources – have a reduced risk of developing early-onset colorectal cancer, compared with those who have lower levels. This is...
INDIANAPOLIS – Researchers have created novel scoring tools for predicting actual risk of colon cancer and advanced precancerous polyps for patients at average for the disease. The work was led by Thomas F. Imperiale, M.D., Regenstrief Institute and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs research scientist and Indiana University School of Medicine professor of medicine. The...
