Canadian researchers say a blood test measuring immune response to gut bacteria could help predict Crohn’s disease years ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

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This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

A team led by Professor Guosheng Tang from Guangzhou Medical University, Associate Professor Yutao Liu from Tianjin ...

In the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, a group of scientists ventures inside the body of an injured colleague to save him from a life-threatening blood clot. They get a front-row seat to the ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...