A special liquid diet, known as exclusive enteral nutrition, is an essential therapy for Crohn's disease. Patients consume only this formula for six to eight weeks, completely avoiding solid foods.

A new study in an animal model provides direct evidence for the role of the vagus nerve in gut microbiome-brain communication, addressing a critical gap in the field.

Researchers discovered that gut microbiota-derived hexa-acylated LPS enhances the effectiveness of anti-PD-1 cancer ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human ...

Before arriving at Janelia three years ago, Postdoctoral Scientist Antonio Fiore was designing and building optical ...

In the animal kingdom, the vertebrate intestine is renowned for its regenerative capacity, a vital process for maintaining ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

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With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

Recently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have become a promising new treatment for IUA. However, challenges such as cell survival and transplantation limit the effectiveness of MSC therapy. Researchers ...

She's been seeing more and more people with the telltale signs of a Shigella infection, also known as shigellosis: diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. Toronto has an outbreak of 11 confirmed ...