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

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 ...

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

When Piezo1-expressing neurons were activated by light, the mice expelled a small glass bead from their intestines twice as ...

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.

The stomach's mixing motion, along with the acid and the breakdown of protein by the pepsin, turns the bolus into a liquid substance called chyme, which is then slowly released into the small ...

In rare cases, Covid can lead patients to develop pneumonia and leave scarring and small masses of tissue ... might harm the lining of the intestine. This can allow toxins and the broken-down ...

In the woman’s case, the endoscopy showed “the presence of live nematodes [worms] in the descending portion of the patient’s duodenum,” which is the beginning of the small intestine.

Conclusion: This study provided a preliminary picture of the crosstalk between the ... and it may include several small groups with a close connection. Figure 7. Intestinal microbial-immune cell ...