Discover how bitter taste receptors in the intestines affect aging. A new study identifies specific receptors linked to metabolic changes, inflammation, and lipid metabolism. Learn how these ...

High-voltage electrical pulses to the upper region of the small intestine in a minimally invasive procedure can significantly improve type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the Digestive Disease ...

SIBO is when bacteria that normally live in your colon start growing too much in your small intestine. Diagnosing SIBO is tricky. There’s no perfect test, and symptoms like bloating and gas can ...

News Family Ask Dr. Universe: Our two intestines divide up parts of digestion process Mon., March 31, 2025 The digestive process starts when you take a bite, and continues through your stomach and ...

Live Hookworms Discovered in Woman's Intestine During Scan A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies the infection By ...

Together, these findings indicate that intestinal parasites may reduce the efficacy of covid-19 vaccines in people. However, different types of intestinal parasites are known to affect immunity in ...

Some small intestine metabolites help regulate the upper gut’s production of GIP, a sister molecule to the lower gut hormone GLP-1, which makes up the weight loss and type 2 diabetes drugs ...

Small intestine cancer is a rare disease where cells in the tissue of the small intestine change. They grow out of control and can form a mass, or tumor. The small intestine (also called “small ...

Anatomy of the Small Intestine The small intestine is long yet narrow. It is about 20 feet long and a little less than an inch in diameter. Even though it's so long, the organ is able to fit in ...

The protective and absorptive functions of the intestinal epithelium rely on differentiated enterocytes in the villi. The differentiation of enterocytes is orchestrated by sub‐epithelial mesenchymal ...

Spatial image of the intestine [Stanford Medicine/Snyder lab/Greenleaf lab/Nolan lab] The team found, “cell compositions that differ substantially across regions of the intestine and demonstrate ...

But as the intestines age, they become weaker barriers, allowing substances that may hasten the aging process to pass through their walls and into the rest of the body—and they age faster than ...