Organ Chip technology using donor-derived human intestinal cells offers advantages over organoids and creates new opportunities for personalized medicine. The small intestine is the main site where we ...

UNTIL recently, three more or less distinct types of intestinal motility were recognized —namely, pendular movements, segmentation and peristalsis. Whereas peristalsis was thought to be dependent on ...

After meals, the intestines use peristalsis to move food through the gut using coordinated contractions and relaxations of smooth muscle. Results from a new study in mice done by scientists at Harvard ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis — moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...

To help improve understanding of how the small intestine operates in both health and disease, researchers had developed “organoids” by isolating intestinal stem cells from human biopsies. Although ...

The microbial community in our gastrointestinal tract is closely linked to human health and well-being. Researchers have now learned that the gut microbiome assists gut neurons that control muscle ...

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...