Scientists have studied one ofd the most common laxatives in the world to reveal more about how the regulation of fluid flow ...

Drosophila melanogaster has long served as a powerful model for dissecting the principles of tissue homeostasis and regeneration. Within the adult midgut, intestinal stem cells (ISCs) perform the ...

Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis ...

Bowel cancer risk is influenced by several overlapping factors including age, weight and inflammation. This study is early stage biology, but it strengthens the idea that long term gut health is ...

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 ...

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes that not only aid in digestion but also play a key role in shaping our immune system. These microbes communicate with the body by releasing a range of ...

For the first time, a team of experts from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), RWTH Aachen University, and the German ...

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