In 2020-2021, a mysterious skin disease affected fishermen in Senegal. High levels of Portimine A toxin, produced by the ...

Concerns around botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, are rising after canned tuna sold at popular grocery stores was recalled. But what is the illness and how does it develop?

You have died of dysentery. These are five words familiar to anyone who has attempted to caulk a wagon and ford rivers en route to the Willamette Valley. Oregon Trail not only taught generations of ...

To prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak in his locality, the Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, Rawlings Andaye, has distributed free drugs to all primary healthcare ...

These results were comparable to Botox results in adult rats and showed histological results compatible with intestinal adaptation at the site where the toxin was administered (12). Distention of the ...

Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

Colon cancer develops when tumorous growths form in the large intestine. It often produces no symptoms in the early stages, but people should see a doctor if they notice persistent changes in ...

Intestinal villi are delicate structures that are vulnerable to injury. Certain diseases, toxins, and disorders can lead to the flattening and erosion of villi, known as villous atrophy. The ...

CTB is a part of the cholera toxin, a set of proteins produced by ... between finger-like projections called villi in the small intestine. These glands house intestinal stem cells (ISCs) that ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to deploy its response team to Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa-Ibom states, where suspected and confirmed cases of cholera are reported.

Problems with your small or large intestine can affect the way your body absorbs and digests food, leading to malnutrition. People who are missing parts of their intestines or have limited intestinal ...

Zimbabwe’s ministry of health and child care has announce that the current cholera outbreak in the country has affected the districts of Bikita, Bindura, Chiredzi, Chipinge, Kariba ...