All Marco Colonna articles

  • C. difficile infection
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    Fiber consumption protects gut from serious bacterial infection, study suggests

    2025-04-10T14:57:00Z

    Brazilian researchers have gained better understanding of the role of soluble dietary fibre in the mechanism of immune modulation and fight against gut pathogen Clostridioides difficile that causes severe diarrhoea and colon inflammation.

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    Gut bacteria boost immune response to fight tumors

    2024-05-20T14:14:00Z

    Roughly one in five cancer patients benefits from immunotherapy – a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Such an approach to beating cancer has seen significant success in lung cancer and melanoma, among others. Optimistic about its potential, researchers are exploring strategies to improve ...