"The intestine has an enormous ability to regenerate itself after injury, and it does this through a model of dedifferentiation," Dempsey explains. "The cells dedifferentiate back into a type of ...

Stem-cell derived organoids provide the perfect mixture of cells to rebuild damaged intestines.

Explore new treatments for bowel conditions. Research shows hope for short bowel syndrome by reprogramming the large ...

The microbial community living within our large intestine is a highly dense and complex ecosystem. While some of these ...

The (a) intestine, (b) esophagus and (c) stomach are shown. Quiescent stem cells (d) through asymmetric division probably give rise to more rapidly dividing active stem cells, which then produce ...

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

What's left in the digestive tract passes into the large intestine, where it's eaten by billions of harmless bacteria and mixed with dead cells to form solid feces. Water is reabsorbed into the ...

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

"The intestine has an enormous ability to regenerate itself after injury, and it does this through a model of dedifferentiation," Dempsey explains. "The cells dedifferentiate back into a type of ...