The intestinal immune system plays a pivotal role in maintaining mucosal homeostasis, acting as the interface between environmental stimuli, host epithelial ...

When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...

Scientists explain how tiny gut bacteria influence your body’s health and why many animals on Earth are still waiting to be discovered.

Darling Ingredients has filed a patent for a system that sizes natural intestines. The system includes a carrier, a product transport and sealing system, a measuring system, and a control system. The ...

The connection between the human liver and the intestine is unique, and the “gut-liver axis” plays a vital role in regulating liver disease pathology. When homeostasis is disturbed, changes in dietary ...

Allergies are usually associated with the immune system, genetics, and environmental factors. Increasingly, however, another ...

New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a relative of the bacterial pathogen that causes plague, triggers the body’s immune system to form ...

Researchers have established a direct experimental link between inflammatory signals in the intestinal lining and the kind of ...

Yersinia bacteria cause a variety of human and animal diseases, the most notorious being the plague, caused by Yersinia pestis. A relative, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, causes gastrointestinal illness ...

Small intestine lymphoma occurs when non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma affects the small intestine. It can cause abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever. Treatment involves chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation ...