Credit: Getty Images. LB1148 is an oral formulation of a broad spectrum serine protease inhibitor designed to neutralize the activity of digestive proteases released from the gut during surgery. The ...

Q: My doctor said I may have abdominal adhesions after having my appendix removed. What are these? A: Adhesions are basically scar tissue inside your body that may stick (adhere) to body tissue and/or ...

Adhesions are scars in the abdomen, which can occur after surgery, often have serious consequences. Now, researchers have discovered how such adhesions form. The findings may help to develop a drug to ...

Cesarean delivery is a widely practised surgical intervention that offers a life-saving alternative when vaginal delivery poses significant risks. However, one of its recognised complications is the ...

Carlsbad, CA, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Palisade Bio (Nasdaq: PALI), a biopharmaceutical company advancing therapies for acute and chronic gastrointestinal (GI) complications, today reported ...

Adhesions from prior abdominal surgeries are the most common cause of SBO. Untreated SBO can lead to serious complications like bowel perforation or tissue death (strangulation). Symptoms of SBO ...

Bands of scar tissue that join two parts of tissue together in the abdomen that would otherwise not be joined together constitute abdominal adhesions. NIMS has developed a hot-melt tissue adhesive ...

Q: For the past six months, I’ve had two attacks of small bowel obstruction caused by adhesions. I’ve been told that there’s nothing I can do to prevent future attacks. Can you elaborate on this ...

Palisade Bio (NASDAQ:PALI) stock rose ~7% after the company said that the European Patent Office (EPO) will grant it a patent linked to its drug LB1148 for reducing post-surgical abdominal adhesions ...

Surgical adhesions — common, sometimes life-threatening complications that arise after open or laparoscopic abdominal surgery — can be prevented in mice and pigs by a gel impregnated with a molecule ...

Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions -- abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel has now been shown to prevented adhesions in mice and pigs. Surgical adhesions -- ...