Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine.

It is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn’s disease most often affects the end of the small intestine and the beginning of the colon (large intestine), but it may also affect any part of ...

The researchers used a mice model of Crohn's disease-like inflammation in the lower small intestine to analyze human disease. Before tissue damage began, they found that pro-inflammatory proteins ...

And then often, especially if people have abdominal pain, they'll get a CAT scan, a CT scan, and that will sometimes show inflammation at the end of the small intestine, like Dr. Lazarev was ...

The anti-inflammatory enzyme Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (IAP) is produced in the small intestine (dark blue), where it is released into the lumen and flows into the colon. IAP concentrations ...

Crohn's disease is a lifelong condition that causes chronic inflammation and damage in ... If an area of your small intestine has narrowed, it can form a stricture. To fix this, your surgeon ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences different blood glucose responses when people eat the same foods, will be enabled by his Global ...