Intestinal biopsies were done before (T1 ... 15 L cells are fully renewed within 7 days, a short time in comparison to other endocrine cells. 15 In this study, the authors found no difference in L ...

Curcumin, a phenolic antioxidant extracted from the rhizomes of turmeric and other Curcuma species, possesses strong ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown ...

The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it's protected from ...

In this Healio Video Exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, speaks with Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD, MSc, about how ...

A team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) has made a landmark ...

Type 1 diabetes (also known as diabetes mellitus) is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. The loss of insulin leads to the ...

This is thought to be a mechanism by which stem cells retain their integrity preventing disease. However, we have recently discovered intestinal crypt stem cells that persist for the lifetime of a ...

Here, we asked whether human intestinal mast cells (MC) might also be subject to immunoregulation by TGF-β1. Methods: MC were isolated from the intestinal mucosa, purified, and cultured in vitro in ...

Contributed by Gary Ruvkun, January 4, 2019 (sent for review September 13, 2018; reviewed by Danielle A. Garsin and Emily R. Troemel) ...