A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an ...

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

On the left, large intestine tissue from a healthy person; on the right, from a patient with active C. difficile infection. The white areas show the cells that line the intestine (epithelial cells).

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

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

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

Molecularly defined serotonin (enterochromaffin) cells of the gut lining were distinguished by single-cell expression analysis, in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry into 14 topographically ...

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

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 ...

Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified, in mice, that essential immune ...