A car crash destroyed a 25-year-old Phoenix woman's small intestine, leaving her dependent on IV nutrition and often too sick to get out of bed.

A Phoenix woman waited three years for an intestine transplant after a car crash. Nine donor offers were turned down before one finally worked.

High-resolution mass-spectrometry imaging mapped distinct lipid distributions across the tegument, intestine, ovary and ...

The human intestine is home to numerous types of bacteria, collectively known as the gut microbiota. Not all bacteria are ...

When trying to figure out a better design for a bacteria-powered biobattery, Binghamton University researchers found ...

A car crash destroyed a 25-year-old woman's small intestine. It would take three years and placement on multiple hospital ...

Researchers have demonstrated that signals in the intestine produce oscillations that inform cell differentiation.

Microbiome research to date has been much like the parable of the blind men and the elephant. How much can be said about an elephant by examining just its tail? Researchers have studied what is most ...

Deep within the lining of the human intestine lies the source of the organ's ability to renew itself and recover from damage: intestinal stem cells (ISCs), lodged in pockets of tissue called crypts, ...

This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...

Low back pain that returns immediately after treating the lower back or pelvis. The cause may lie in the small intestine ...

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