A study conducted at Harvard University identified a group of metabolites that travel from the intestine to the liver and ...

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, Germany, the Molecular Biotechnology ...

Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is strongly expressed in the duodenum and has been implicated in a variety of physiological functions including enterocyte HCO₃⁻ supply for secretion and the "sensing" of ...

Adults who underwent duodenal mucosal resurfacing had improved glucose response and insulin sensitivity that suggest positive effects of the procedure on beta-cell function and the liver, according to ...

The intestine is among the most regenerative tissues in the body; however, aging triggers various changes that collectively ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is a symptom of a problem rather than a disease itself. It usually happens due to conditions that you can control, such as hemorrhoids. The cause of the bleeding may not be ...

With aging, the intestine gradually loses its ability to regenerate after damage. An international research team involving ...

Duodenal cancer is a little-known cancer that starts in the duodenum. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT This is a section of the small intestine shaped like a horseshoe that receives food from the ...

An otherwise healthy 45-year-old woman presented with recurrent attacks of biliary colic after cholecystectomy 5 months earlier. Although they were milder than before the surgery, symptoms did not ...