It can take six hours for the small intestine to do its job. The nutrients are sucked from the inner surface of the small ...

Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of tissue called small-intestine submucosa, or SIS, after they discovered more than a decade ago that the small intestine possessed unusual healing ...

Did you know if you unfolded your intestines, they'd be taller than a giraffe? Yep, they form a digestive tube so lengthy it's got two sections. The so-called small intestine is about 22 feet long ...

Treating the possible causes and complications of CIPO may also help relieve symptoms, for example: taking antibiotics to treat small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), which can result from ...

Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences different blood glucose responses when people eat the same foods, will be enabled by his Global ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare ...

Apolipoprotein A4 (APOA4) is a protein produced by the small intestine in response to dietary fats. While it plays a vital role in controlling appetite and burning calories, its benefits are ...