We will use germ-free mice — mice bred with no bacteria in their guts — to trial three methods of recreating the human small-intestinal microbiome in mice. Previous mouse models have had human ...

The material prompts the human body to replace damaged tissues with little or no scarring, recreating the healing efficiency of young children. Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...

During pregnancy, the breasts expand, resting heart rate speeds up, and organs shift to accommodate the growing fetus. And now, scientists have added one more item to this list: the gut grows ...

”The capsule means that we can collect information that may help explain individual differences in digestion, nutrient uptake and bowel movement patterns. This provides us with far greater knowledge ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...