Study shows tofacitinib medication can fix porousness absconds in the digestive tract Kumar Jeetendra | October 6, 2020 A team of researchers led by biomedical scientist Declan F. McCole in the University of California, Riverside, has found that the medication tofacitinib, also called Xeljanz and approved by the FDA to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis, can fix permeability defects in the intestine. Study results appear in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. …
Colon lining discharges hydrogen peroxide to shield the body from gut microorganisms Kumar Jeetendra | December 10, 2020 Scientists at UC Davis Health have discovered that an enzyme in the colon lining releases hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) – a known disinfecting chemical – to protect the body from gut microbes. Their study, published Dec. 9 in the journal Cell Host and Microbe, sheds light on the way microorganisms are spatially organized in the colon. …
