Vitamin D is involved in so many bodily functions because there are vitamin D receptors in different organs. These receptors act like docking stations for vitamin D to bind to and trigger different ...

Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have solved a cellular mystery that may lead to better therapies ...

“The intestine has an enormous ability to regenerate itself after injury, and it does this through a model of dedifferentiation,” Dempsey explains. “The cells dedifferentiate back into a type of ...

In a recent study, FMI researchers have shed light on how intestinal organoids form crypts, the pockets that house stem cells ...

A key pressure-sensing protein involved in gut motility could be utilized for precision-targeted treatments for intestinal ...

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

Despite being an everyday necessity, nutrition is something of a black box. We know that many plant-based foods are good for us, but we don't always know why.