by Igen BioLab Group | Nov 10, 2020 | News, Publications
The resident microorganisms in the human body, termed the microbiota, represent diverse communities of microbial species comprising a complex ecology of tens of trillions of mainly bacterial cells. Our gut microbiota, the largest and most diverse of these communities,...
by Igen BioLab Group | Oct 1, 2020 | News, Publications
Gene-environment interactions underlie cancer susceptibility and progression. Yet, we still have limited knowledge of which environmental factors are important and how they function during tumorigenesis. In this respect, the microbial communities that inhabit our...
by Igen BioLab Group | Jul 9, 2020 | News, Publications
Connections between the gut and brain monitor the intestinal tissue and its microbial and dietary content, regulating both physiological intestinal functions such as nutrient absorption and motility and brain-wired feeding behaviour. It is therefore plausible that...
by Igen BioLab Group | Jul 1, 2020 | News, Publications
Intestinal inflammation and microbiota are two important components of colorectal cancer (CRC) etiology. However, it is not clear how tuning inflammation using clinically relevant anti-inflammatory treatment impacts microbiota or whether this consequently influences...
by Igen BioLab Group | Jun 18, 2020 | News, Publications
Alterations in the intestinal microbiota affect development of colorectal cancer (CRC) and drug metabolism. They studied whether the intestinal microbiota affects the ability of aspirin to reduce colon tumor development in mice. Methods: We performed studies with...
