Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) — produced in the colon by bacterial fermentation of dietary carbohydrates — have considerable cytoprotective properties, although the mechanisms behind this phenomenon ...

A colonoscopy technique involving repeat intubation of the sigmoid colon significantly improves detection of adenomas compared with conventional colonoscopy evaluations, new research showed. “After ...

In a recent study published in Clinical Cancer Research, researchers explore the role of exercise in modulating inflammation and the resident immune system in the colonic mucosa of Lynch syndrome (LS) ...

Distinctly different microbial signatures across ileal and colonic mucosa both precede and predict Crohn's disease recurrence in patients who achieve surgical remission. "Using several of the taxa ...