Research from an international team finds that the human gut is a site of rapid change, with recent and important deviations ...

Research from an international team finds that the human gut is a site of rapid change, with recent and important deviations from other mammals, including our closest living relative, the chimpanzee.

Dr. Lake emphasized that when the small intestine isn’t functioning properly, it can lead to serious health issues like malabsorption syndromes, celiac disease, or lactose intolerance.

Villi, tiny finger-like structures that line the inside of the small intestine (SI), are known to interact with the gut bacteria and trigger a protective immune response.

Your small intestine is a long, highly-segmented structure that’s covered in microscopic strands called microvilli. There are approximately 200 million microvilli per square millimeter of your ...

Specifically, the disease damages your villi – tiny projections that line the inner wall of the small intestine. When villi don’t work properly, your body can’t absorb nutrients, including ...

In 1976, a Swedish pathologist, C.G Lindström, published a paper describing a colonic anomaly. Through his microscope, he noted that part of the large intestinal wall of one of his patients was ...