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

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

The largest ever clinical trial compared obesity operations in 1,346 NHS patients, and one explains: "I felt everyone was looking at me all the time because of my size" ...

Linda was first diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2005 before getting the all-clear in 2006 - but in 2017 she was diagnosed with a form of incurable secondary cancer in her hip ...

As the news of other cases came to light, we knew we should go deeper, to comb through our own data to better understand and help define the risk of any type of secondary cancer in patients who ...

Cancer is considered metastatic when it has spread to distant regions. Your liver, gallbladder, and small intestine are connected by a series of tubes, or ducts. The duct system starts in your ...

Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre was diagnosed with stage four metastatic cancer in 2018. The actor, who had, at the time, taken to social media to speak about her diagnosis, revealed that several ...

A small intestine neuroendocrine carcinoma (SI-NEC ... clinicians should consider metastatic cancer to the TMJ. "With the growing role of oral health care providers, including oral medicine and ...

Researchers have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second. Researchers ...

Here’s what you should know. When you have short bowel syndrome, a large part of your small intestine is either removed or damaged and doesn’t work. The small intestine is the part of your ...