As part of the ongoing Human Cell Atlas project, researchers mapped 1.6 million cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Here’s ...

A new gut cell atlas, comprising data from 1.6 million cells, offers unprecedented insights into gastrointestinal health and disease. A research team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute has created t ...

The goal of medical treatment is to stop the abnormal inflammation so intestinal tissue has a chance to heal. As it does, diarrhea and abdominal pain should ease. Once the symptoms are under ...

After a meal of questionable seafood or a few sips of contaminated water, bad bacteria can send your digestive tract into ...

A team of Korean researchers succeeded in mass cultivating human intestinal stem cells in an environment without any ...

Luminal amoebicides (such as paromomycin, diloxanide furoate and iodoquinol) act on organisms in the intestinal lumen, but are ineffective against organisms in tissue. Metronidazole (and other ...