Biopharmaceuticals, medium- and high-molecular weight biologically active macromolecules, are not easily absorbed by the small intestine, the main organ responsible for gastrointestinal absorption, ...

Chemotherapy may severely damage the intestinal mucosa, resulting in a condition referred to as mucositis (1,2). Mucositis is characterized by major morphologic changes of the intestinal epithelium, ...

Perhaps stool chromatograms should be much more widely used. In methionine malabsorption syndrome, for example, there is no amino aciduria and the specific defect of intestinal methionine absorption ...

TRANSPORT of sugars and amino-acids in the small intestine occurs by apparently similar Na +-activated mechanisms which are believed to involve reversible binding of substrate to specific membrane ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. This new coordinated research project (CRP) seeks to ...

A rise in the serum level of free folate in man follows the ingestion of conjugated folate purified from yeast. Everted sacs of rat intestine release folate from conjugate, and homogenates of ...

A new UC Davis Health study has uncovered how Salmonella bacteria, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut even when protective bacteria are present. The research, published in the ...

A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that human noroviruses, the leading viral cause of foodborne ...

A new UC Davis Health study has uncovered how Salmonella bacteria, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut even when protective bacteria are present. The research, published in the ...

Recently, protein quality has emerged as an important health issue, especially in low income countries where plants form the main source of protein in the diet. Protein quality is likely to have an ...