AARHUS UNIVERSITY Faeces transplantation in the intestine is an effective cure – and far superior to today’s standard treatment – for a life-threatening infection that affects between 2,500 and 3,000 people in Denmark every year. That is the conclusion of a new study conducted by researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital which has...
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Fighting intestinal infections with the body’s own endocannabinoids
by UT Southwestern Medical Center The mammalian cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) sense endogenous endocannabinoids and plant and synthetic cannabinoids to engender a response in the host that leads to decreased inflammation, intestinal motility and secretion, and increased appetite. Mammalian endocannabinoids are also sensed by a bacterial cannabinoid receptor to decrease virulence of enteric pathogens. Endocannabinoids,...