Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have ...

Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem cells lining the gut wall are not just rebuilding tissue—they are ...

Many organs play important roles, but not all of them are required for survival. Some are removed because of injury, and ...

Cholesterol is often considered harmful, but it is needed by the body to perform several functions. The problem lies in high ...

Researchers have discovered that drugs like Ozempic for diabetes and obesity also improve alcohol use disorders and other addictions. This is a stunning gut-brain breakthrough.

If the River Thames is London’s intestine—and it has at times performed a similar function—it has grown polyps. At Blackfriars and at six other places along the river, from Wapping in the east to ...

A perspective in The Journal of Clinical Investigation argues that environmental exposures may interact with the gut ...

If the River Thames is London’s intestine—and it has at times performed a similar function—it has grown polyps. At ...

When Brantley Hall opened enrollment for his Human Flatus Atlas project to measure how much wind people break in a day, he ...

A protein, the farnesoid X receptor, that is a key modulator of fat, glucose and cholesterol levels in the body usually works in tandem with another protein, but new research shows it can also work ...

New research has found that at-home gut microbiome tests lack standardization, resulting in different results from the same ...