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Intestine
The intestine is a long muscular tube running from the stomach to the anus. The intestine absorbs most of the nutrients and water. The intestines include the small intestine, large intestine, and rectum.
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APR 10, 2018Cancer
A group in South Korea are conducting a clinical trial to evaluate a diagnostic screening tool for gastric cancer using ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 10, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Intestinal cells form an important barrier that has to let nutrients in and keep harmful substances out; zinc oxide may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2018Cancer
A new study reports that the use of a Colorectal Cancer Screening iPad App helped to increase the number of patients tha ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The k ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The artificial sweetener affects intestinal cells, and microbes that live in the gut.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2018Immunology
Having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may need to be considered a risk factor for heart disease independent of classic ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
While gluten-free foods seem like a food trend to some, for others they are a medical necessity.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2018Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Colon cancer rates are rising, especially among young people, and colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2018Microbiology
As we learn more about the microbes that populate our gastrointestinal tract, we find that they exert a powerful influen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2018Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 27, 2017Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2017Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2017Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 18, 2017Plants & Animals
An injured loggerhead sea turtle will receive a second chance at a healthy life after receiving a little help from the 3 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2017Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapyWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats are host to a common parasite. It is estimated that a whopping 30 to 50% of all humans on the planet carry it, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Every year, U.S. doctors report about 3,500 cases of swallowed batteries that often necessitate removal via invasive bro ...DEC 05, 2017Cardiology
Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes doubles a person’s risk of developing heart disease compared to people withou ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2017Videos
Are you feeling bloated and crampy after your normal milk and cereal in the morning? Have you ever thought that you migh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 30, 2017Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
APR 10, 2018
Cancer
A group in South Korea are conducting a clinical trial to evaluate a diagnostic screening tool for gastric cancer using
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 10, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Intestinal cells form an important barrier that has to let nutrients in and keep harmful substances out; zinc oxide may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2018
Cancer
A new study reports that the use of a Colorectal Cancer Screening iPad App helped to increase the number of patients tha
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The k
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The artificial sweetener affects intestinal cells, and microbes that live in the gut.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered that worms experience rigor mortis before, rather than after death as humans do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2018
Immunology
Having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may need to be considered a risk factor for heart disease independent of classic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
While gluten-free foods seem like a food trend to some, for others they are a medical necessity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2018
Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Colon cancer rates are rising, especially among young people, and colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2018
Microbiology
As we learn more about the microbes that populate our gastrointestinal tract, we find that they exert a powerful influen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2018
Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 27, 2017
Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2017
Immunology
The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship cou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 18, 2017
Plants & Animals
An injured loggerhead sea turtle will receive a second chance at a healthy life after receiving a little help from the 3
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2017
Immunology
A new study from Cornell University explains why the current vaccine for typhoid fever is only partially effective. Salm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers develop method to screen drug candidates for precision based cystic fibrosis therapy
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats are host to a common parasite. It is estimated that a whopping 30 to 50% of all humans on the planet carry it, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Every year, U.S. doctors report about 3,500 cases of swallowed batteries that often necessitate removal via invasive bro
...
DEC 05, 2017
Cardiology
Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes doubles a person’s risk of developing heart disease compared to people withou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Clostridium difficile infections are very serious. One effective, but strange treatment for the illness has been confirm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Are you feeling bloated and crampy after your normal milk and cereal in the morning? Have you ever thought that you migh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 30, 2017
Microbiology
Brachyspira pilosicoli is a slow growing spirochete that was first isolated from a pig in the United Kingdom in 1980. Sp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich