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.

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!

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 ...

Pathologists examine biopsy samples under a microscope to look for damage to the villi, the tiny finger-like projections that line the inside of the small intestine and absorb nutrients from ...

The epithelial lining of our intestine is organized in a crypt-villi architecture and serves many essential ... differentiated cells (e.g., lysozyme producing Paneth cells in the small intestine) and ...

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 ...

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 ...