deleting the colon gene SATB2 prompts cells of the upper colon to change their identity to small intestine-like cells, restoring nutrient absorption and reversing weight loss. "Our demonstration may ...

Explore new treatments for bowel conditions. Research shows hope for short bowel syndrome by reprogramming the large ...

A novel drug that produces a temporary coating in the small intestine could be a new strategy for weight loss—and an alternative to surgeries and GLP-1 drugs.

requiring constant and precise regulation of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) to sustain the production of new absorptive enterocytes and secretory cells, including Paneth, goblet, tuft, and ...

The structure of the small intestine is specialised for rapid absorption of small soluble food molecules.

The apparatus used to model absorption in the small intestine can be set up like this. At regular intervals the liquid inside and outside of the Visking tubing is sampled and tested for starch ...

They found that deleting this gene in either mouse or human colon cells causes the cells to start functioning like cells of the lowest portion of the small intestine, called the ileum, which ...