Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine. In ...

Compared with mice that had intact Piezo1 genes, animals without working Piezo1 lost more weight and gradually lost the layer ...

The bioinformaticians investigated the epigenetic patterns (methylation trajectories) of the male mouse colon at different ...

In a mouse with a functioning stem cell niche, the large intestine consists of numerous villi and crypts. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

They introduced Clostridium scindens into some mice while leaving others untreated. The team then monitored the animals’ recovery by measuring weight loss, colon inflammation, and markers of ...

The mice with this environmental disruption to their circadian clocks had a higher incidence of colon cancer than tumor-prone mice kept in consistent 12-hour light-dark cycles, and also had ...

This is because not only was the study done in mice, but refined carbs have been linked to other health issues that can raise colon cancer risk, such as obesity. Eating too many carbs ...