In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonisation of the intestine ...

A study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe by Brazilian and American researchers suggests that a diet rich in ...

The vitamin D receptors in your gut improve calcium absorption and strengthen your intestinal barrier. The intestinal barrier ...

Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the bloodstream. The blood then carries the useful substances around ...

Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the bloodstream. The blood then carries the useful substances around ...

measurable by analyzing flux rates across the intestinal wall as a whole or across wall components of defined molecules that are largely inert during the process and that can be adequately ...

inflammation in the intestines caused by Crohn’s can lead to a thickening of the intestinal wall and the formation of painful ulcers that appear as patches of cobblestones. If you have Crohn’s ...