The gut microbiota have a known role in modulating gut immune homeostasis. Largely, through the development and function of host immune cells, including T helper cells expressing interleukin-17A. It ...

Bile acid is useful in digesting lipids and vitamins. However, there can be too much of a good thing: excessive bile acid may upset metabolism or even cause cancer. Thus, it is necessary for human ...

Examining gut health from a different angle, Flinders University’s Associate Professor Robyn Meech is looking at what can trigger colon cancer – and she believes bile acids may provide a significant ...

PNAS is the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serial. It publishes high-impact research reports, commentaries, perspectives, reviews, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy. In ...

Bile acid is a liquid substance your liver produces to aid in food digestion. Your body usually releases bile at the correct levels based on the food you eat. But sometimes your body produces too much ...

A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that human noroviruses, the leading viral cause of foodborne ...

Although we might feel otherwise in the moment, no part of our body is static, everything is changing and regenerating, some ...

For the first time, a genetically modified pig liver has worked in a living person. This shows the potential, but also the ...

Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver to help in the digestion of fat and absorption of nutrients. However, if you experience reflux (the flow of stomach contents into the esophagus), you ...