Female adult Balb/c mice, aged 6–8 weeks, were obtained from Harlan UK Ltd, Bicester, Oxon, UK, divided into groups of five or 10, ear-punched and placed in coded stainless-steel wire cages, ...

The prevalence of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) has been shown to follow an increasing trend from healthy subjects to patients with exophytic adenomas or cancers. Studies have not been performed to assess ...

Objective To estimate the risk for colorectal neoplasia detected on repeat colonoscopy in relation to aberrant crypt foci (ACF) frequency reported during the previous baseline examination. Methods ...

Tatiyana V. Apanasovich, Simon Sheather, Joanne R. Lupton, Natasa Popovic, Nancy D. Turner, Robert S. Chapkin, Leslie A. Braby and Raymond J. Carroll In an experiment to understand colon ...

SAN DIEGO, CA (May 18, 2008) – A new real-time microscopic technique could change the way gastrointestinal diseases are detected. Research presented today at Digestive Disease Week ® 2008 (DDW ®) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results from two studies — one involving mice, the other involving 26 patients — showed that metformin may have ...

The gastroenterology team at Henri-Mondor AP-HP Hospital and University Paris-Est Créteil, led by Professor Iradj Sobhani, together with teams from Inserm and the Institut Pasteur Molecular Microbial ...

Researchers have shown a diet containing dried plums can positively affect microbiota, also referred to as gut bacteria, throughout the colon, helping reduce the risk of colon cancer. Researchers from ...

COLLEGE STATION -- Researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of North Carolina have shown a diet containing dried plums can positively affect microbiota, also referred to as gut ...

ACF, first described by Bird et al. [1] in carcinogen-treated mice, and subsequently identified in humans, have been the focus of increasing study in recent years. ACF, which appear as isolated, ...