Tag Colonic Inflammation

Gut Health, Immunity

How Gut Inflammation Drives Colon Cancer Risk

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered a critical sequence of events in the immune system that sheds light on the elevated colorectal cancer risk experienced by individuals suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These preclinical discoveries reveal how specific…

Elena Vasquez

Gut Health

Colonic Inflammation Links Obesity to Beta-Cell Growth

Scientists from the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have identified a crucial initial mechanism in the hepatic ERK signaling pathway responsible for boosting insulin secretion. In their earlier investigations, they examined the signaling processes extending from the liver to…

Elena Vasquez