Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

A new preclinical study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a gut bacterium that, when ...

Diarrhea and stomach pain can happen if you have a heavy intestinal worm infection, like tapeworm. You can check your poop ...

Bacteria in the small intestine adapt dynamically to our nutritional state, with individual species disappearing and reappearing. Researchers have now been able to comprehensively study the bacteria ...

Intestinal lymphoma is a form of cancer that begins in the lymph tissue within the intestines. It can cause nausea, abdominal pain, weight loss, and bloody stools. Surgery may be required. The ...

Trillions of benign bacteria live in the intestine. They are kept in a continuous balance by the immune system, which thereby makes them harmless to humans. Researchers have been able to show how ...

An anastomosis from colon surgery can take several weeks to fully heal. Checking in with your care team is important, as problems such as anastomotic leakage need immediate attention. If a section of ...

An international team led by Xavier Trepat at IBEC measures the cellular forces in mini-intestines grown in the laboratory, deciphering how the inner wall of this vital organ folds and moves. The ...

The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The interactions between the body and these microorganisms significantly ...