The Irish Times25d
New phone scam conning Irish customers out of as much as €8,000, says banking industry body
A fraud awareness campaign led by the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI) is warning that people are “being conned out of between €6,000 and €8,000” through a new phone scam.
gut.bmj6y
Increasing butyrate concentration in the distal colon by accelerating intestinal transit
One short chain fatty acid (SCFA), butyrate, is the colon’s main energy source and inhibits malignant transformation in vitro. Aim—To test the hypothesis that altering colonic transit rate alters ...
The Lancet5d
Reassessing the role of butyrate-producing bacteria in infection risk
Published by Elsevier Ltd. I read with great interest the study by Robert F J Kullberg and colleagues, 1 which presents compelling evidence on the association between gut microbiota ...
BMJ5mon
Suppression of monosodium urate crystal-induced cytokine production by butyrate is mediated by the inhibition of class I histone deacetylases
In contrast, the short-chain fatty acid butyrate possesses anti-inflammatory effects. One of the mechanisms involved is inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACs). Here, we explored the effects of ...