A diet rich in the amino acid cysteine may have rejuvenating effects in the small intestine, according to a new study from MIT. This amino acid, the researchers discovered, can turn on an immune ...

Intestinal metaplasia is a condition involving cell changes in the upper digestive tract lining. Helicobacter pylori ...

The abundances and fluxes of metabolite molecules were measured at cellular resolution in the mouse liver and small intestine. The levels of most metabolites showed considerable gradients in both ...

MIT scientists have found that an amino acid called cysteine can help the gut heal itself. In mouse studies, a cysteine-rich diet activated immune cells that release a molecule speeding up tissue ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A diet rich in the amino acid cysteine may have rejuvenating effects in the small intestine, according to a new study from MIT. This amino acid, the researchers discovered, can turn ...