Most people have at some point in their life suffered an intestinal infection or food poisoning forcing them to stay close to the bathroom. It is very uncomfortable. Most of the time, though, it ...

"Bile acid-induced endocytosis in the small intestine was not previously appreciated." "This strategy works well for a food-borne virus," said co-first author Dr. Kosuke Murakami, who was working in ...

There are trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, and we are starting to learn more about the exact mechanisms that link those microbes and the substances they generate to changes in ...

A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that human noroviruses, the leading viral cause of foodborne ...

Scientists have discovered a novel role for bile acids: converting energy-storing white fat depots into energy-expending beige fat. Obesity arises from an imbalance between energy intake and energy ...

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ ...

Fewer than half of patients with FIC1 deficiency have their native liver at age 18. The number of PPTMs did not reliably predict the phenotype. However, sBA concentrations at baseline and after SBD ...

The interaction between effector T cells and bile acid is little understood, yet the details behind the relationship could reveal a major mechanism of how Crohn’s disease develops. From Osaka ...