Researchers from the University of Leicester, working with international collaborators, have unraveled a key mechanism by ...

Although the small intestine makes up the largest part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, small intestine cancers are rare in the United States. In fact, they account for fewer than 1 in 10 cancers ...

The hematocrit was 47 per cent, and the white-cell ... intestinal absorption, stool pH and flora were studied in a seventeen-year-old boy after massive resection of the entire small bowel except ...

Vitamin B12 is crucial for red blood cell formation, DNA synthesis, and neurological health. Its deficiency can lead to ...

Histological analyses of the small intestine in C57BL/6 mice treated with 200[μg/ml NIC (which emulates active smoking) revealed that NIC exposure decreased villus length without affecting crypt size ...

The international experience of small bowel transplantation since 1985 has been compiled and analyzed through the International Intestinal Transplant Registry. [10] As of May 2001, the Registry ...

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Weihai Central Hospital, Qingdao University, Weihai, Shandong, China Background: Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the small bowel is an exceedingly rare ...

The villus is the functional unit of the small intestine, specifically designed for its important role of absorption of nutrients ... Each epithelial cell has a characteristic brush border ...

Vitamin B12, an essential water-soluble vitamin, is very important for the production of red blood cells ... part of the small intestine. Any disruption in these steps can impair absorption.

Jan. 15, 2025 — While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows.