A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.

examined the effects of bile acids on energy expenditure in mice, and in cultured mouse and human cells. The team found that administering cholic acid—a bile acid—to mice on a high-fat diet ...

We have, therefore, developed a BAAT knockout mouse in our lab that lacks these taurine- and glycine-conjugated bile acids. By introducing MCBAs to the guts of these BAAT knockout mice ...