In bile acid diarrhoea, a form of chronic diarrhoea, the body does not recycle bile acids properly. It is most commonly caused when bile acids are overproduced in people who have no damage to the bile ...

The intestine-selective FXR knockout mice were generated by cross-breeding of mice with loxP sites flanking the last FXR exon, containing the ligand-binding domain (described by Sinal et al 4), with ...

Bile acid is a liquid substance your liver produces to aid in food digestion. Your body usually releases bile at the correct levels based on the food you eat. But sometimes your body produces too much ...

Efforts to raise gut health awareness, including the ‘blue poop challenge’, have recently made quite a, *ahem*, splash across social media. Participants eat dyed muffins to measure their individual ...

A new study suggests a blood test could distinguish gallbladder cancer from gallstones by tracking changes in metabolites and bile acids.

Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites that strengthen anti-cancer immunity by blocking ...

For the first time, a team of experts from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), RWTH Aachen University, and the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE) has demonstrated the ...