Life Sciences
New life sciences study results from University College, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Center described
Published in Hospital Business Week, December 23rd, 2007
New investigation results, 'Bacteria: a new player in gastrointestinal motility disorders--infections, bacterial overgrowth, and probiotics,' are detailed in a study published in Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. "Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may result from a dysfunctional interaction between the indigenous flora and the intestinal mucosa, which in turn leads to immune activation in the colonic mucosa. Some propose that bacterial overgrowth is a common causative factor in the pathogenesis of symptoms in IBS; others point to evidence suggesting that the cause stems from more subtle qualitative changes in the colonic flora," researchers in Cork, Ireland report.
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