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Microbiologist discovers new super-preservative

(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of those freak accidents that sometimes occur in science, where someone is looking at something for one purpose and finds another for it, Dan O'Sullivan has found a use for a byproduct of harmless ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 45 | with audio podcast report

Common parasite uncovers key cause of Crohn's

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immune systems have their sinister side, especially when they have not learned how hard to fight. Crohn's disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases inflict more than a million Americans ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth

One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists unlock one mystery of tissue regeneration

Researchers at the University of Rochester have now identified a genetic switch that controls oxidative stress in stem cells and thus governs stem cell function.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

You are not what you eat

The types of gut bacteria that populate the guts of primates depend on the species of the host as well as where the host lives and what they eat. A study led by Howard Ochman at Yale University examines the gut microbial ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How the parasitic worm has turned

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parasites in the gut such as whipworm have an essential role in developing a healthy immune system, University of Manchester scientists have found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Ancient Chinese herbal recipe eases side effects of chemotherapy

A combination of Chinese herbs in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, Yale University researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Stem cells turned into complex, functioning intestinal tissue in lab

For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in the laboratory from pluripotent stem cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists grow personalized collections of intestinal microbes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Each of us carries a unique collection of trillions of friendly microbes in our intestines that helps break down food our bodies otherwise couldn't digest.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how worms promote healing

A new study involving a man who swallowed worm eggs to relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis sheds light on how worms promote healing in the intestine. The study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, also i ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Suppressing activity of common intestinal bacteria reduces tumor growth

A team of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers has discovered that common intestinal bacteria appear to promote tumor growths in genetically susceptible mice, but that tumorigenesis can be suppressed ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

'Dawning of a new age' in bacteria research

Lowly bacteria are turning out to be much more complex than previously thought.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Artificial intestine helps fight bad gut bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell professor John March is attempting to transform bacteria in our gut into disease-fighting machines. Now, thanks to two members of his research team, he has a powerful new tool to help ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toxic trio identified as the basis of celiac disease

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten - the main protein in wheat, rye and barley - toxic to people with coeliac disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover a compound that controls Listeria

In a year when cantaloupe tainted with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes killed 30 people, the discovery of a compound that controls this deadly bacteria -- and possibly others -- is great news.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Intestine

In anatomy, the intestine (or bowel) is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subdivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the cecum and colon.

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