Researchers have discovered a novel way to help ageing intestines repair themselves using CAR T-cell therapy, a breakthrough that could one day improve gut health in older adults and cancer patients.

Researchers have found that CAR T-cell therapy can help aging intestines heal by targeting senescent cells. In mice, it ...

The gut’s complex composition and function can make it difficult to study in vitro. However, researchers now grow 3D intestinal organoids—miniature guts—to evaluate gut development and disorders in ...

Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) affects the movement of food, fluid, air, and waste through the intestines. It can be genetic or develop due to another health condition. CIPO is a rare ...

Researchers sheds light on a face-off in the intestines between the immune system and a bacterial pathogen whose family members cause gastrointestinal disease and the plague. The team's insights may ...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare condition that occurs when you have symptoms of intestinal obstruction without anything physically blocking the intestines. It can be chronic or develop ...

This is part of a series of stories on the protective role of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in the gut and other tissues, focusing on SARS-CoV-2 infection. One area that hasn’t received all that much ...

New findings suggest that a protein known as Reelin could play a role in treating both “leaky gut” and severe depression.

The research projects in Michael Snyder, PhD’s lab at Stanford cover a wide range of interests; COVID-19, the NASA twin study, and personal omics profiling to name some examples. Another interest of ...

Due to changing lifestyles, unhealthy foods, and eating with unwashed hands, intestinal worms have become a common problem ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a more detailed picture of how the intestinal epithelium – the lining of the intestines – heals itself after infection with rotavirus. A ...

The winter vomiting bug is a term that strikes fear into the hearts of many people during the winter months. This ...