Chinese scientists may have developed a possible alternative to colonoscopies for detecting gastrointestinal diseases with a ...

Tiny ingestible spheres filled with engineered bacteria can detect intestinal bleeding by glowing when they encounter heme.

MagGel-BS platform addresses challenges related to the targeted delivery and subsequent recovery of engineered bacteria within the GI tract.

Scientists have created swallowable microsphere “pills” packed with engineered bacteria that can detect signs of gut disease, ...

The discovery that a toxin made by bacteria found in dirty water might help trigger ulcerative colitis could lead to new ...

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have developed a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that uses microscopic robots or microrobots coupled with green algae. The ...

High fiber diets, like those that include broccoli sprouts or other cruciferous vegetables, may reduce disease symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are studying treatments to reduce inflammation in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Tom Werner/Getty Images Inflammatory bowel disease is a term that includes Crohn ...

A toxin-secreting gut bacterium may fuel ulcerative colitis by killing protective immune cells that maintain intestinal ...

Maternal exposure to emulsifiers may reshape offspring microbiota and increase inflammation risk.