A signaling system known as the Wnt pathway plays a central role in how cells in the intestine grow, divide and renew ...

After growing in the rodents, the team produced as much as 8 cm of functioning small intestine tissue, compared to approximately 1 cm of tissue using previous protocols. Not only were the structures ...

Small intestine cancer is rare, with adenocarcinomas being the most common type, often occurring in the duodenum. Diagnosis involves imaging, endoscopy, and biopsy, with staging determined by the TNM ...

Tourists visiting an unfamiliar city would have a hard time finding their way around if they were using nothing but a topological map, no matter how detailed. Most tourist maps, therefore, highlight ...

Special grooved trays developed at Cincinnati Children's were a key part of a novel process to produce larger, faster-growing gut organoids for use in medical research and potential human tissue ...

A miniaturized, biomimetic model of the human intestine has successfully reproduced long-term enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) ...

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

Mesenteric ischemia, or small bowel ischemia, involves a blockage of blood flow to the small intestine. Symptoms include pain and bloating. It often results from blood clots or atherosclerosis.