Organs often have fluid-filled spaces called lumens, which are crucial for organ function and serve as transport and delivery ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna has investigated a possible link between ...

Doctors say the rare case was caused by years of trichophagia, a condition involving hair pulling and ingestion ...

Constipation and diarrhea are caused by how much fluid moves into the gut. Scientists studied a popular laxative to understand what controls fluid flow. Team found the laxative acts on an ion channel ...

Organs often have fluid-filled spaces called lumens, which are crucial for organ function and serve as transport and delivery ...

Pancreatic organoids reveal how lumen shape is controlled by the balance between cell proliferation, internal pressure, and epithelial permeability.

Although constipation and diarrhea may seem like opposite problems, they both hinge on the same underlying issue: how much ...

This article discusses possible warning signs of irritable bowel syndrome and recommendations for evaluation and management.

Immune cells are most commonly engineered to kill cancers, but now, scientists have shown the technique makes the gut lining ...

In another, perhaps counterintuitive study, mice that had all their gut bacteria wiped out were protected from gaining as ...

A research team led by Prof. QIAN Youcun from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a new member of the human IL-17 receptor ...