A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.

The farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a bile acid nuclear receptor that plays a crucial role in regulating bile acid and sterol metabolism.

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Whether use of such a technique would have increased the rate of bile aspiration is not clear. In addition, the possibility of injecting a small aliquot of saline to facilitate re-aspiration of ...

"The changes we detected in the composition of bile with infection are beneficial for the intestine to clear infection," said Matthew Waldor, MD, Ph.D., of the Brigham's Division of Infectious ...

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It does this by causing the muscles of the stomach to relax and by improving the flow of bile, helping food digest and pass through the stomach more quickly. This relieves pain and bloating.