Metabolites produced in intestine play central role in controlling obesity and diabetes, study shows

A study conducted at Harvard University identified a group of metabolites that travel from the intestine to the liver and ...
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What Is Duodenitis?

Duodenitis is an intestinal condition caused by inflammation in your duodenum lining. It can sometimes happen along with gastritis, which is inflammation in your stomach lining. When they happen ...
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Duodenal Acidity "Sensing" but Not Epithelial HCO₃⁻ Supply Is Critically Dependent on Carbonic Anhydrase II Expression

Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is strongly expressed in the duodenum and has been implicated in a variety of physiological functions including enterocyte HCO₃⁻ supply for secretion and the "sensing" of ...
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Is Electrical Duodenal Resurfacing the Next Big Thing for T2D and Obesity?

CHICAGO -- A novel approach to revitalizing the duodenal mucosa as a means to restore normal insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes is showing strong promise in early studies, according to ...

Harvard Study Unlocks New Potential Treatments for Diabetes and Obesity

A study reveals that the liver acts as a bidirectional hub, exchanging gut-microbiome-derived metabolic products with the heart. A research team supported by FAPESP and working at Harvard University i ...
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Study provides new hope for future treatment of intestinal condition IBS

Researchers at örebro University in Sweden have made a significant advance in understanding the intestinal condition IBS.
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Epigenetic drift explains why the aging intestine becomes more vulnerable to cancer

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, Germany, the Molecular Biotechnology ...