A research team led by Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, from the Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, ...

Irrational antibiotic use damages mucus barrier, leading to intestinal inflammation, as shown in recent Science Advances ...

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic condition of unknown origin characterized by severe inflammation and mucosal destruction in the intestine. There are two main forms: Crohn s disease ...

UC San Diego researchers discover two distinct molecular subtypes of Crohn’s disease using patient-derived organoids, opening ...

Researchers from the University of San Diego engineered a microrobot inside a liquid pill, and it treated inflammatory bowel disease without the need for drugs. About 7 million worldwide have ...

Data are accumulating that emphasize the important role of the intestinal barrier and intestinal permeability for health and disease. However, these terms are poorly defined, their assessment is a ...

Crohn’s disease is a long-term condition that causes inflammation in the digestive system, often leading to painful symptoms ...

Intestinal diseases are those that affect any segment of the intestine (small or large intestine), from the duodenum to the rectum. The term encompasses acute or chronic conditions and covers a ...

In a review of 32 mixed-type human studies, multinational researchers found a growing association between various classes of ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have become more common in both humans and animals. IBD is now a fairly common disease also in horses, causing serious welfare challenges such as weight loss ...

A new study found that the average frequency of your bowel movements could impact your microbiome and risk of chronic disease ...

The gut microbiota and its functional metabolites play crucial roles in the development of intestinal fibrosis in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD). The severity of intestinal fibrosis was associated ...