Bacterium link to bowel ailment
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A bacterium that causes an intestinal disorder in cattle and sheep has been blamed for triggering the debilitating bowel condition Crohn&#39;s disease in humans.
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A new study suggests the reason for the association may be that antibiotics destroy not only disease-causing microbes, but also those that are helpful to the developing immune system.
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Croatian scientists have worked out how a radiation-resistant bacterium that can exist in extreme conditions repairs damage to itself, a discovery which could provide clues about diseases such as cancer.
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By Sean Poulter  A SUPERBUG similar to MRSA which affects thousands of hospital patients has been found in farm animals and meat.
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UK scientists have identified a gene which increases the risk of bowel cancer by 20 per cent.
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Researchers have identified a faulty inflammatory signaling process that may lead to the development of Crohn&#39;s disease. Further research on this signaling process may help
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Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum--I'm the million dollar microbe
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A US team has found the clearest evidence yet that Crohn's disease is caused by a type of bacteria.
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Microbes that cause salmonella came back from spaceflight even more virulent and dangerous in an experiment aboard the US space shuttle Atlantis, according to a study published on Monday.
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have a sonar-like system that enables them to zero in on and destroy other bacteria or normal cells, says a study in the Dec. 24 issue of the journal Science.
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Salmonella microbes carried into space aboard a 2006 space shuttle mission prove more potent than their earthbound counterparts, researchers find.
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Michigan scientists say the bacteria and fungi in a person&#39;s gastrointestinal tract have a great deal to do with his or her sensitivity to allergens.
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The microbes within us could explain rising allergy rates.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus, a beneficial type of microbe, produces changes in the intestinal tract that help reduce abdominal pain related to irritable bowel syndrome, findings from an animal study suggest.
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People with bowel ulcers could soon be topping up their "friendly" bacteria to beat their illness.
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Science & environment: Food poisoning bacteria become super-virulent in space, according to a study on the shuttle Atlantis.
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It's one of the grimmest threats to premature babies: Their immature intestines break down. They can't be fed. In the worst cases, holes in the bowel let bacteria leak into the blood &#151; and kill.