You may think of the small intestine as a smooth tube that winds its ... Nutrients are absorbed through a membrane on the inside of the intestinal wall. Villi can absorb nutrients through their tops, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This ...

Villi of the small mouse intestine. The dots and lines represent cellular networks. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible ...

It is always fascinating. DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:What you couldn't see is that inside the small intestine are tiny villi, which are finger like projections which increase the surface area ...

The researchers showed that proliferating cells from large, fresh sections from mouse small intestine could be imaged to assess cell turnover in the villi (Fig. 1). Figure 1: Cell proliferation in ...

Researchers have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second.

Inside the small intestine, the villi (protrusions that absorb nutrients) and crypts (where the cells supplying the villi are produced) became longer and deeper at the same time as the gut ...