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New findings suggest that regional microbial mismatches from fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can lead to unintended consequences for recipients. | Drug Discovery And Development ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of death from cancer in the US and the most prevalent malignant tumor ...

Keeping a healthy mix of friendly microbes in the gut—known as eubiosis—is crucial for good health. When that delicate ...

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

Watching what passes through your gut gives useful health clues sometimes. Stool look and quality show what is happening inside you. Seeing undigested food in stool might worry you first. But it is ...

The large intestine is wider than the small intestine. But it’s much shorter – about 5 feet long when stretched out. This part of digestion is slower. It can take 3 days. That’s because ...

The finger-shaped appendix is attached to a part of your large intestine called the cecum — a small pouch typically considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. [1] ...

The large intestine is known to absorb water and excrete undigested food. Genes that have water retention characteristics were among those found on the left-sided colorectum, according to the study.

CHRISTOPHER DAMMAN: So the small intestine is really an almost completely different ecosystem from the large intestine. You could think of it maybe as disparate as a rainforest and a desert. And there ...

Large intestine: The last part of your small intestine (ileum) connects to your large intestine. It’s where your body changes food waste from liquid to more solid form (fecal matter).

A man who had recently had abdominal surgery sneezed out parts of his large intestine while eating breakfast with his wife in a Florida diner. What happened to him is known as evisceration, ...