Once thought improbable, in vitro human models are demonstrating technological prowess in a growing range of applications.

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

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have discovered a new way that neurons ...

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

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

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

It can take six hours for the small intestine to do its job. The nutrients are sucked from the inner surface of the small ...

Recently this technique was used to measure changes in tight junction staining in human duodenal tissue and in vitro epithelial cell monolayers following administration of a probiotic.

What's more, according to their analysis of modern human DNA, one of these isolated populations left a stronger legacy in our genes than the other. "The question of where we come from is one that has ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly ...

(NewsNation) — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, as well as two other NASA astronauts, have left the International Space Station after being stuck for nine months after a Boeing test flight. The return ...

Researchers have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second. Researchers ...