People at average risk should now begin colon screening at age 45, according to American Cancer Society. The updated #ColonCancer guidelines are a move in the right direction, Dr. Karen Kim says. bit.ly/2snMwTK Colorectal Cancer Alliance ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable TheBlueHatFoundation #crcsm

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New guidelines lower colorectal screening age from 50 to 45 - UChicago Medicine uchicagomedicine.org/cancer-article…

Merck to Use Genome Editing in Study of Gut Bacteria to Benefit Malnourished Children: microbiometimes.com/merck-to-use-g…

Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Isolation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Study link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Startup That Analyzes Bacteria in Feces Gets Backed by UChicago Fund americaninno.com/chicago/campus… via Chicago Inno

Sleep Apnea Morbidity: A Consequence of Microbial-Immune Cross-Talk? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

How gut microbes are joining the fight against cancer nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Gut Epithelial Vitamin D Receptor Regulates Microbiota-Dependent Mucosal Inflammation by Suppressing Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis academic.oup.com/endo/article/1…

Science Riot Presented by Chicago Council S&T Scientists doing standup comedy Friday, March 23rd, 2018 7:00pm to 8:30pm Field Museum c2st.org/event/2018/03/…

Invisible Influence: How microbes rule our lives tasteofscience.org/chicago-events…

Specific bacteria in the small intestine are crucial for fat absorption eurekalert.org/e/8d2n via UChicago Medicine EurekAlert!

Effects of Intestinal Microbiota on Brain Development in Humanized Gnotobiotic Mice nature.com/articles/s4159…

Ever feel in your gut that you and your dog have more in common than you realized? - tinyurl.com/y9ms8lhq

Metabolic retroconversion of trimethylamine N-oxide and the gut microbiota microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Increased mucosal expression of miR-215 precedes the development of neoplasia in patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis oncotarget.com/index.php?jour…

Three UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences news.uchicago.edu/article/2018/0…

Bacteria set the stage for leukemia - UChicago Medicine uchicagomedicine.org/cancer-article…

Microbial signals drive pre-leukaemic myeloproliferation in a Tet2-deficient host rdcu.be/OO8U