What will the model allow you to observe? We will look at how different small-intestine microbes affect gastrointestinal function, and how these mechanisms are influenced by dietary choices.

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...

Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of tissue called small-intestine submucosa, or SIS, after they discovered more than ... However, scientists do not yet know exactly which of SIS's ...

Explore new treatments for bowel conditions. Research shows hope for short bowel syndrome by reprogramming the large ...

It’s an embarrassing problem not many like to discuss at the dinner table. Yet so many of us suffer from persistent symptoms of bloating and diarrhoea, that we bat it away with a catch-all “Irritable ...

The main duct is the pancreatic duct which runs the length of the pancreas. It drains the pancreatic fluid from the gland and carries it to the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). The ...

may be involved in the development of small intestine tumors. The researchers of the present study used Apc min/+ mice, a mouse model for intestinal tumorigenesis with a loss-of-function mutation ...

That glucose is then absorbed into your bloodstream through the lining of your small intestine. Once glucose is in your bloodstream, insulin signals cells throughout your body to absorb the sugar ...