Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a ...

A new study published in Life Science Alliance reveals a key genetic connection between cancer susceptibility and tissue ...

Study in mice identifies essential immune cells in the intestine that help to prevent unwarranted reactions to harmless food allergens.

Scientists have solved the 3D structure of EspC, a powerful toxin produced by EPEC, a diarrheal E. coli strain that kills ...

A study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe by Brazilian and American researchers suggests that a diet rich in ...

His research aims to identify the role of extracellular vesicles from intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-EVs) in the development of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) following allogeneic stem cell ...

A study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe by Brazilian and American researchers suggests that a diet rich in soluble fiber can protect the intestine against pathogenic bacteria.

Would you dig through animal excrement if you knew you would find a diamond? Wildlife researchers at the University of Oxford ...

Hirschsprung disease and meconium ileus can both cause a newborn to be unable to pass their first stool. Learn the different ...

Studies looking at A muciniphila’s interaction with the immune system in mice have revealed that it calms the immune system ...

Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine. In a preclinical study ...