The human gut is home to trillions of bacteria that play vital roles in digestion, immunity, and overall health. When this ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.

A research team has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation. A study shows that the semi-synthetic bile acid NorUDCA inhibits in the intestine the formation of ...

How did you discover MCBAs? Bile acids were first described chemically in 1849, and Heinrich Wieland was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1927 for comprehensively describing their chemistry. This ...

Scientists have uncovered how a gut bacterium, Clostridium scindens, aids in healing intestinal injuries by restoring bile acid balance. Their findings could pave the way for new treatments for ...

Arrowhead Studios' Helldivers 2 features some of the best enemies in the game, but we yearn for something bigger and scarier ...

Study findings indicate therapeutic potential of microbiome-based intervention to restore bile acid balance and promote gut healing in ulcerative colitis.

Importantly, the bile acids' influence on FXR translates to their effect on the growth of tumors, but with a twist. The bile acid that supports the protein's function slows the growth of cancer ...

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life.

Sian Ashcroft passed away last year aged 35 just 18 days after she was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a form of bile duct cancer. For the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed ...

You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called neoadjuvant therapy. If you receive chemotherapy after surgery to destroy and cancer cells that may remain, it ...

This is a medium that is both selective and differential. It tests the ability of organisms to hydrolyze esculin in the presence of bile. It is commonly used to identify members of the genus ...