Allergies are usually associated with the immune system, genetics, and environmental factors. Increasingly, however, another element is appearing in this puzzle: the gut microbiota. A review of ...

The symptoms tend to be persistent, reoccurring and unexplained ...

While many people recognise the common digestive issues linked to coeliac disease, fewer are aware of the more subtle ...

While many people recognise the common digestive issues linked to coeliac disease, fewer are aware of the more subtle ...

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its strength affects our overall health. However, the small intestine is an underappreciated part of the gut ...

Crypt-base-columnar cells are continuously dividing intestinal stem cells that generate IECs, which are composed by distinct specialised cell types that play different functions: Enterocytes (in the ...

Doctors use laboratory tests, imaging studies, and endoscopic procedures to help diagnose short bowel syndrome, which affects nutrient absorption in the small intestine. Short bowel syndrome (SBS) ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...