From coffee to protein bars to olive oil, people make many decisions every day about how they fuel their bodies. However, colorectal cancer risk typically is not front of mind when choosing what to ...

Taking bile acids or treatments that regulate their production levels may help control inflammation caused by psoriasis, a chronic skin condition, a UC Davis Health study has found. Psoriasis, which ...

Primary bile acids are synthesized from cholesterol in the liver, which is transformed to cholic acid (CA) through the classical pathway and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) as an alternative pathway.

The image depicts gut microbes producing secondary bile acids to support the host’s immune defense against cancer. Microbiota-derived bile acids (shown in light green) blocked the androgen receptor ...

There are trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, and we are starting to learn more about the exact mechanisms that link those microbes and the substances they generate to changes in ...

The gut microbiota have a known role in modulating gut immune homeostasis. Largely, through the development and function of host immune cells, including T helper cells expressing interleukin-17A. It ...

Bile acids are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent that breaks up fat molecules. Fat doesn't dissolve in water, but our digestive system is full of water, so the fat we consume ...

Examining gut health from a different angle, Flinders University’s Associate Professor Robyn Meech is looking at what can trigger colon cancer – and she believes bile acids may provide a significant ...

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ ...

Efforts to raise gut health awareness, including the ‘blue poop challenge’, have recently made quite a, *ahem*, splash across social media. Participants eat dyed muffins to measure their individual ...