How the guts of Japanese frogs could cure colorectal cancer — even better than chemo: study

A new study reports that bacteria found in the intestines of Japanese tree frogs show remarkable promise in treating ...
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Fruit fly 'mini-gut' models are accelerating inflammatory bowel disease research

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Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve complete tumor elimination in preclinical model

A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese ...
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Can probiotics restore antibiotic-perturbed microbiota?

Antibiotics play a major role in bacterial infection treatment; however, their overuse disrupts commensal microbiota. Although probiotics can effectively alleviate antibiotic-associated diarrhea, they ...