Scientists have studied one ofd the most common laxatives in the world to reveal more about how the regulation of fluid flow ...

Microbiome is as unique as a fingerprint. These bacteria perform important jobs, including maintaining the intestinal barrier ...

Although the gut renews itself constantly, its stem cells accumulate age-related molecular changes that quietly alter how ...

Healthy digestion depends on a delicate balance of fluid in the gut. At the heart of that balance are epithelial cells, which line the intestinal wall and control how salt and water move in and out of ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

Although constipation and diarrhea may seem like opposite problems, they both hinge on the same underlying issue: how much fluid moves into the gut. These common issues affect millions of people in ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Northwestern University research has provided direct experimental evidence that gut microbes influence brain function and ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

By transplanting gut microbes from humans, squirrel monkeys and macaques into germ-free mice, scientists reveal that ...

A new study from Northwestern University provides the first empirical data showing the direct role the gut microbiome plays ...