Bile acid is a liquid substance your liver produces to aid in food digestion. Your body usually releases bile at the correct levels based on the food you eat. But sometimes your body produces too much ...

Synthesized in the liver, bile acids play diverse roles in digestion and metabolism. However, when their processes are disrupted, disease can occur. Scientists seek advanced technologies to better ...

For the first time, a team of experts from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), RWTH Aachen University, and the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE) has demonstrated the ...

Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites that strengthen anti-cancer immunity by blocking ...

Efforts to raise gut health awareness, including the ‘blue poop challenge’, have recently made quite a, *ahem*, splash across social media. Participants eat dyed muffins to measure their individual ...

High levels of a hormone found in cells in the gut could underlie many cases of chronic diarrhea and help explain up to 40% of cases of patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, according ...