After being diagnosed with rectal cancer, Iona Woolmington learned she needed an ileostomy. Her experience led her to write ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to long-term conditions that involve inflammation of the digestive tract or gut. It can lead to a range of digestive symptoms. According to the Centers for ...

Introduction: As a representation of the gut microbiota, fecal and cecal samples are most often used in human and animal studies, including in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) research.

3 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Dr Erin R Shanahan, Gastroenterology Research, Level 5, ...

Revised: This Reviewed Preprint has been revised by the authors in response to the previous round of peer review; the eLife assessment and the public reviews have been updated where necessary by the ...

This study presents an important finding on the function of PLP1+ enteric glia. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid, although the inclusion of additional data showing the ...

Small bowel neuroendocrine cancers are rare cancers . They start in the neuroendocrine cells of the s mall bowel. The small bowel is part of the digestive system. It is also called the small intestine ...

Background: More than 30–40% of uric acid is excreted via the intestine, and the dysfunction of intestinal epithelium disrupts uric acid excretion. The involvement of gut microbiota in hyperuricemia ...