by Luisa Low, University of Sydney Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The human gut is an extraordinarily dynamic place, with millions of interactions between microbes, bodily processes and chemicals taking place every minute. This dynamic gastrointestinal interplay has an important role in our health, however, the relationship and interaction between the different members of this microbial...
Emily Shiffer November 21, 2022 Pain is how our bodies tell us something’s wrong, alerting us to injury or infection and helping doctors make a diagnosis. But pain is not fun, so we often try to block it using medication. But a surprising new study led by Harvard Medical School researchers suggests that blocking acute pain may actually lead...
Interview conducted by Aimee Molineux Oct 21 2022 In this interview, News Medical speaks to Isaac Chiu, Ph.D., and Daping Yang, Ph.D. of Harvard Medical School, about their latest research, revealing the surprising properties of pain.Thought LeadersIsaac Chiu, Ph.D.Daping Yang, Ph.D.Harvard Medical School Please can you introduce yourself and tell us about your background, as...
by Technical University Munich Gut motility determines flows. (a) The gut is a muscular tube, whose motility patterns induce flows that affect the abundance of nutrients and bacteria. Abundances, in turn, feed back on motility. (b) Mathematical notation. (c) and (d) In vitro spatiotemporal map of the contraction amplitude observed for the small intestine of mice,...
by University of California – San Diego Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chronic alcohol use is a major cause of liver damage and death: Approximately 30,000 persons in the United States die annually from alcoholic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis. Among the negative impacts of excessive alcohol use is its ability to adversely affect the gut microbiome,...
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology This image captures intraepithelial T cells (blue dots) and collagen in the basement membrane (green). This view shows how the cells and the basement membrane are connected. The black space is not empty—it is filled with cells in the intestinal villus, but they were not labeled with fluorescent antibodies so...
by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Credit: CC0 Public Domain Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental condition that affects how humans communicate, learn new things and behave. Symptoms of ASD can include difficulties in interacting with others and adapting to changes in routine, repetitive behaviors, irritability and restricted or fixated interests for...
by Institute of Science and Technology Austria Stem cells divide at the bottom of the intestinal crypts and the resulting cells are pushed upwards to the top pf the villi where they are discarded. Credit: © Shutterstock A special layer of cells that coats the insides of the small and large intestines takes in nutrients and...
A new study by UC San Francisco researchers reveals how gut inflammation can disrupt not only the digestive system, but also the skin. It’s a tale in which the main players are specialized immune cells and the bacterial communities – called microbiomes – that dwell within the gut and skin. Scientists have become increasingly aware that disturbances to the...
LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND INFECTION BIOLOGY – HANS KNOELL INSTITUTE IMAGE: CANDIDA ALBICANS (YELLOW) FORMING HYPHAE ON DIFFERENTIATED INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS (NUCLEI IN BLUE AND F-ACTIN IN PURPLE). CREDIT: RAQUEL ALONSO-ROMAN / LEIBNIZ-HKI The presence of probiotics such as lactic acid bacteria changes the environment in the intestine and forces the yeast...
