Inside the small intestine, the villi (protrusions that absorb nutrients) and crypts (where the cells supplying the villi are produced) became longer and deeper at the same time as the gut ...

This important study provides solid evidence that glucosylceramide synthase (GlcT), a rate-limiting enzyme for glycosphingolipid (GSL) production, plays a role in the differentiation of intestinal ...

Small dietary changes could help prevent cancer, as shown in a study by Brazilian and German researchers focusing on fruits like papaya and passion fruit. These fruits contain bioactive compounds ...

CD8 T cells lacking Tet1/3 preferentially differentiate into short-lived effector and effector memory cells following acute ...

Liver TET1 was found to promote metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) by regulating CD36 ...

This is a serious condition that causes a baby’s intestinal tissue to become inflamed, which causes the tissue to die. More often, short bowel syndrome happens after a piece of the small ...

The enterochromaffin cells of the small intenstine (part of your gut) produce the highest concentration of serotonin. Serotonin is involved in bowel function, nausea, appetite, mood, learning ...

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...