Chronic bowel inflammation tagged posts

Rectal insulin instillation inhibits inflammation and tumor development in chemically-induced colitis. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, 2018; DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy112

Diabetes is not the only disease on which insulin has an effect, it appears. Chronic bowel inflammation can be treated effectively by injecting insulin into the rectum, it appears from a new study, where researchers have tested the treatment on mice. The study is a collaboration between departments at the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University.

‘Our new treatment with insulin on mice shows great potential against chronic bowel inflammation in humans like Colitis Ulcerosa, which causes a lot of people great discomfort...