Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

ROCK SPRINGS — Rock Springs Mayor Max Mickelson proclaimed Jan. 15 as Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus Awareness Day during the city council’s regular meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 7. Rock Springs ...

Additionally, albendazole is not effective against Strongyloides stercoralis, another helminth that has been added to the list of intestinal parasites requiring control measures. To address these ...

The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) patients with congenital genetic metabolic-related diseases and chromosome diseases; (2) patients with congenital gastrointestinal malformations, such as ...

The duodenal arch was short, with a vertical angle of Treitz and all of the loops shifted to the right, together with intestinal malrotation, the cecum and ascending colon appearing in the anterior ...

In this report, two infants were suspected to have CODE, with neonatal-onset chronic diarrhea and protein-losing enteropathy finally found to be due to intestinal malrotation and chronic midgut ...