Shigella infection can cause severe discomfort in humans, emphasizing the need for mechanisms to understand it. With new technologies and animal models, you can see how far life science researchers ...

The paper presents a streamlined new approach for functional validation of genes known to underlie fragile bone disorders in a relatively high throughput, using CRISPR-mediated knockouts and a number ...

Although a hernia may be harmless, surgery may be necessary to prevent it from obstructing the intestine or preventing blood from flowing freely through it. However, if a person is not ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

Additionally, albendazole is not effective against Strongyloides stercoralis, another helminth that has been added to the list of intestinal parasites requiring control measures. To address these ...

Our results suggest that what we eat is potentially very important in controlling the likelihood of infection with a range of bacteria.

Professor Sun Yonghua (front) shows zebrafish disease models to members of his research team in the laboratory at the China Zebrafish Resource Center in Wuhan, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY The ...

The good news is that with spasms and contractions, the intestines will expel everything ... increased the strength of gut contractions in zebrafish. The fish are transparent, so scientists ...