If you're being tested for celiac disease, you've probably seen warnings to keep eating a "normal," gluten-containing diet until all of your testing is complete. But why is this necessary? The reason ...

Aim: Health plan coverage policies can influence utilization of genetic tests. Our goal was to characterize the current state of test-related policies from US private payers. Methods: We searched ...

A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human body, whether it's a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite, researchers say.

Using mice that express the celiac disease risk gene, the researchers then discovered that daily exposure to E551 worsened levels of the inflammation markers associated with the disease. Taken ...

Celiac disease is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy that affects people of all ages worldwide. This disease has emerged as a major health-care problem, as advances in diagnostic and screening methods ...

Celiac disease comes with many digestive symptoms, but some of its other symptoms may surprise you. (Photo Credit: KomootP/Shutterstock) Symptoms of celiac disease happen when your body reacts to ...

The catalogue of genetic factors that have been implicated in kidney disease continues to grow. In this guide to gene–disease relationships, the authors discuss the crucial process whereby ...

The symptoms of gluten sensitivity, otherwise known as non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), are often indistinguishable ... Diagnosis of Gluten Sensitivity Due to the lack of understanding about the ...

and ameliorated kidney scarring and other structural characteristics of kidney disease. In pigs, treatment with PS-002 resulted in elevated and prolonged gene expression in kidney tissues ...