A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.

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

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

In fact, may people with gastroparesis also have diabetes. Surgery to the abdomen or small intestines can also cause injury to the vagus nerve. Other possible causes of gastroparesis include an ...

When Piezo1-expressing neurons were activated by light, the mice expelled a small glass bead from their intestines twice as fast as normal mice. In another experiment, the researchers used chemicals ...

Ileocolitis is the most common form of Crohn's disease. It causes inflammation of the terminal ileum (the end point of the small intestine) as well as the colon (large intestine). An abscess is an ...

The small intestine is the part of your digestive ... table under a machine that uses a small amount of radiation to take pictures of the inside of the body. Upper GI series.

During gastric bypass surgery, doctors reroute food to bypass part of the stomach and upper small intestine. This procedure often leads ... scientists are assembling a more complete picture of what’s ...

The lumen of the small intestine (SI) is filled with particulates: microbes, therapeutic particles, and food granules. The structure of this particulate suspension could impact uptake of drugs and ...