Patients experience significant changes in gut bacteria at the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new international ...

Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) derived from a patient's own cells have garnered significant attention as a new alternative for ...

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel condition often missed early. Experts explain its causes, symptoms, diagnosis ...

Psychologist Melissa Hunt and gastroenterologist Chung Sang Tse and colleagues have found that cognitive behavioral therapy ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that plays a key role in this protection is the microfold cell, or M cell.

Inflammatory bowel disease often coexists with periodontal disease. This is shown by new publications from a European research project that explored the connection between the two diseases. How is ...

Changing lifestyles have increased the prevalence of many diseases around us, one of them is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) ...

Tissue from pig intestines is key to a new procedure performed by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill doctors as an alternative to major surgery of people with fistulas. Fistulas are holes in ...