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Human intestinal organoids, also called ‘mini-guts,’ provide a laboratory model to study human intestinal epithelial biology and the processes leading to intestinal disease.

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Next-generation probiotics might join the fight against gut bacterial infections

October 31, 2017 C. difficile, fecal transplant, Gastrointestinal diseases, good bacteria, L. reuteri, probiotics

Clostridium difficile infections are the most common cause of diarrhea associated with the use of antibiotics. If these bacteria attempt to invade the human gut,

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Surviving bodily defenses: human rotavirus manipulates immune response to maintain infection

January 24, 2017 evasion of immune response, Gastrointestinal diseases, human intestinal enteroids, Interferon, model of human gut, rotavirus

The gut of a child infected with rotavirus is like a battleground. On one side, the virus invades the epithelial cells that form the lining

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Researchers seek to make mini-guts that mimic life

March 16, 2015 Gastrointestinal diseases, public health

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. A five-year, $5.1 million National Institutes of Health grant will help researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University and the

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A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus

December 2, 2014 Gastrointestinal diseases, Infectious diseases, public health

A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. For three decades, Dr. Mary Estes, professor of molecular virology and microbiology