Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells go through a surprising transformation and relocation as they fight infections in the gut.

What Is a Pinworm Infection? A pinworm infection is an intestinal illness that's very common in elementary school-aged children. Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in ...

Nagpur: An inquiry into the death of Megha Banarse (26) from Virli Budruk village in Lakhandur taluka of Bhandara district revealed that her small int.

A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals how tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells in the small intestine take on ...

Did you know if you unfolded your intestines, they'd be taller than a giraffe? Yep, they form a digestive tube so lengthy it's got two sections. The so-called small intestine is about 22 feet long ...

When norovirus is ingested, it initially infects the cells that line the small intestine. Researchers don’t know exactly how this infection then causes the symptoms of the disease. But a fascinating ...

Pathogenic intestinal protozoa are responsible for clinically important infections in both the developed ... protozoa that predominantly affect the small intestine, produce their most devastating ...

Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of tissue called small-intestine submucosa ... which erode over time and are prone to infection. Surgeons also have used material from cadavers to ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences different blood glucose responses when people eat the same foods, will be enabled by his Global ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...