The liver itself is the body's main chemical factory, performing hundreds of different functions. It processes nutrients absorbed into the blood by the small intestine, creating energy-giving ...

When left untreated, small intestine cancer may spread to other areas of the body. The small intestine is connected to both the stomach and the large intestine, so cancer cells may spread to those ...

This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the bloodstream. The blood then carries the useful substances around the body to where they are needed. Partially ...

The material prompts the human body to replace damaged tissues with little or no scarring, recreating the healing efficiency of young children. Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of ...

We’re particularly interested in enteroendocrine cells — cells found in the lining of the small intestine and throughout ... physiology throughout the body. We know that gut bacteria affect ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences ... and regulation of their absorption by the body. Several years ago, DNA-sequencing ...