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As food moves through the digestive tract, contracting muscles along the tract keep things flowing smoothly. Loss of this motility can lead to acid reflux, failure of food… read more.
As food moves through the digestive tract, contracting muscles along the tract keep things flowing smoothly. Loss of this motility can lead to acid reflux, failure of food… read more.
As a clinician at the University of Missouri Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, David Beversdorf helps patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), many of whom may… read more.
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals announced top-line results from the INTRIGUE Phase III clinical study of Qinlock (ripretinib) in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) previously treated with imatinib. The study… read more.
Many IBS sufferers avoid certain types of food and often exclude gluten. However, a large new study from Chalmers University of Technology and Uppsala University, Sweden, does not… read more.
Findings suggest way to help patients heal from life-threatening C. difficile. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine sheds light on why a fecal transplant… read more.
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Qinlock (ripretinib) in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor… read more.
Phages are viruses that infect bacteria and can also be used to treat human infections. However, as with antibiotics, bacteria can readily evolve resistance to phage attack, highlighting… read more.
First microfluidic organ-on-a-chip model of the disease could help bring much needed drugs, and personalized medicine approaches to patients. The inherited progressive disorder cystic fibrosis (CF) causes severe… read more.
The intestine is essential for maintaining our energy balance and is a master at reacting quickly to changes in nutrition and nutrient balance. It manages to do this… read more.
Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, and… read more.
Of two major weight-loss surgeries, sleeve gastrectomy is safer long-term than gastric bypass, researchers reported on Oct. 6, 2021 in JAMA Surgery. But sleeve gastrectomy is associated with… read more.
Celltrion Healthcare announced two data sets relating to the use of the subcutaneous formulation of infliximab, Remsima SC (CT-P13 SC), in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The first study… read more.
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