When you have short bowel syndrome, a large part of your small intestine is either removed or damaged and doesn’t work. The small intestine is the part of your digestive tract that absorbs most ...

As far back as the 16th century, we were mapping out the murky territory of the human small intestine in anatomy books. We know, for example, that this digestive tract is—on average—about 6 ...

Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine.

SATB2 deficiency confers small intestinal (ileal) properties on colon cells. Green fluorescent marker bound to cholesterol (top row) and glucose (bottom row) shows absorption of nutrients in: a ...

The symptoms of small bowel cancer can be vague. They can also be symptoms of other conditions, such as irritable bowel disease or inflammatory bowel disease but it’s important to see your doctor. It ...