A cross-section of zebrafish gut showing the junctions between epithelial cells in green and a protein expressed on absorptive cells in pink.
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Zebrafish Researchers Discover a Self-Defense Mechanism of the Gut

Banned painkiller had a unique effect on the model fish, so they shifted focus to figure out why
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May 8, 2018

AI Detects Patterns Of Gut Microbes for Cholera Risk

Researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh have used machine learning algorithms to spot patterns within communities of bacteria living in the human gut that no human would ever be able to pick out.
A stained section of lung tissue taken from mice infected with a tuberculosis-like bacteria and treated with an MMP inhibitor shows more stable blood vessels (blue) and a decrease in leaking blood (red) within the granulomas (dark, circular shadows)
April 30, 2018

Cancer Drug Helps Treat Tuberculosis

Biomedical engineers have discovered an unlikely potential ally in the global fight against tuberculosis -- an FDA-approved drug originally designed to treat cancer.