Altering the intestinal microbiota of mice can reduce the extent of brain damage after a stroke, researchers found. These findings provide a previously unrecognized link between the intestine and the brain. The composition of the intestinal microbiome affects development of the immune system and metabolic processes, and is altered in
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Researchers identified a brain enzyme that regulates how much food mice eat in one sitting—deletion of this enzyme caused the mice to increase their food intake to the point of becoming obese. The results could provide new therapeutic target for human obesity. To study brain mechanisms that control meal size
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Five men were hospitalized and 1 died after a drug trial in France, the country’s health minister announced on January 15. Marisol Touraine, the minister for social affairs, health, and women’s rights, said in a statement that her office was informed the evening of January 14 about a “serious accident”
Read moreSome cases of unexplained, intractable vomiting are caused by an autoimmune disorder in which patients develop antibodies against the brain protein astrocytic aquaporin-4 (AQP4), according to the March issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. AQP4 is a water channel in the central nervous system. Antibodies against AQP4 cause neuromyelitis optica
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Dr. Kristine Novak is the science editor for Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She has worked as an editor at biomedical research journals and as a science writer for 15 years, covering advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, cancer, immunology, biotechnology, molecular genetics, and clinical trials. She has a PhD in cell biology and an interest in all areas of medical research.
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