Research on how pythons regenerate their guts may open door to treatment for Crohn's and coeliac diseases, colorectal cancer, ...

The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.

Pythons may hold the answer to another way to regrow our guts, a group of researchers led by the University of Texas at ...

One kind of intestinal cell, called BEST4+, emerged as vital to the regrowth of the python’s intestinal villi. These are tiny ... before reattaching it to the small intestine.

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A SIBO breath test can reveal if your chronic intestinal symptoms are caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Jejunal aspiration—the removal and culture of a sample of intestinal fluid ...

It has important implications for the health of both mothers and their babies and potentially influences transgenerational health. The study observed that the intestinal villi undergo significant ...

the small intestine undergoes several invaginations, where the small bowel becomes ensheathed. The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi, with their branching ...

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 ...

Mechanistically, the researchers identified the RANK receptor/RANK ligand (RANK/RANKL) system as the key to the villous enlargement of the small intestine during reproduction ... and even leads to a ...