Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem cells lining the gut wall are not just rebuilding tissue—they are ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you address intestinal angina? What are the symptoms, diagnostic tools and treatment? Is there any relation with it to gallbladder issues? I have experienced unexplained nausea ...

ABSTRACT: The combination of jejunal atresia with an apple-peel configuration and intestinal malrotation is extremely rare. This malformative association poses significant surgical and prognostic ...

1 Unit of Pediatric Surgery, Ziguinchor Regional Hospital Center, Ziguinchor, Senegal. 2 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the ...

The intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium is a vicious trespasser, hiding within the cells that line the gut and causing intestinal damage. "Cryptosporidium infections can be life-threatening, ...

Starting & finishing in towns and cities that spell his daughter’s name, ultra-running dad attempts to raise funds for the NHS team that saved his daughter's life. Did you know with an ad-lite ...

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 ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have identified a metabolic switch that determines whether intestinal stem cells become absorptive or secretory cells. Manipulating the enzyme OGDH ...

Background: Anatomical variations of the colon are commonly reported, with the majority involving the right colon. However, anomalies affecting the left colon, particularly the descending colon, are ...

Intestinal malrotation is a congenital disorder characterized by abnormal embryonic midgut development, resulting in disrupted bowel rotation and fixation. This leads to anatomical abnormalities that ...

Researchers have solved a cellular mystery that may lead to better therapies for colorectal and other types of cancer. A professor of pediatrics-developmental biology and an assistant professor of ...

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 ...