Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have now shown how mucus protects the small intestine in mice. In the future, this finding may lead to new ways of preventing relapse in Crohn’s disease in ...

Bowel cancer risk is influenced by several overlapping factors including age, weight and inflammation. This study is early stage biology, but it strengthens the idea that long term gut health is ...

The human small intestine is an essential organ that helps us absorb nutrients and vitamins from food. It is an average of 6 meters long and is covered with millions of villi that are separated by ...

Although the gut renews itself constantly, its stem cells accumulate age-related molecular changes that quietly alter how ...

Crypt-base-columnar cells are continuously dividing intestinal stem cells that generate IECs, which are composed by distinct specialised cell types that play different functions: Enterocytes (in the ...

The study, “A nonredundant role for T cell-derived interleukin 22 in antibacterial defense of colonic crypts,” was published in Immunity. The team, led by Carlene L. Zindl, Ph.D., found that IL-22 ...

As people live longer, the gut quietly accumulates damage that can tip the balance between healthy tissue renewal and chronic disease. Researchers have now traced a key part of that shift to specific ...

Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD student Max Yavitt is the lead author on a new paper in Science Advancesthat focuses on intestinal tissue research. The work could allow researchers to control ...