Purdue University scientists isolated it from layers of tissue called small-intestine submucosa, or SIS, after they discovered more than a decade ago that the small intestine possessed unusual healing ...

Located over the entire surface of the small intestine, the villus can be found from about the common bile duct to the ileocecal valve. A single layer of columnar epithelium containing capillaries ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences different blood glucose responses when people eat the same foods, will be enabled by his Global ...