Scientists are beginning to unravel the ways in which we develop a healthy relationship with the bugs in our bodies.

Using human stems cells and segments of rat intestines, scientists engineer bowels that are capable of absorbing nutrients.

Tests so far typically screen for risky patterns that may augment traditional types of clinical data.

SP140, an epigenetic reader protein mutated in a number of autoimmune disorders, is essential for macrophage function and preventing intestinal inflammation, scientists show. 

Parasitic worms promote the growth of beneficial intestinal microbes in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease.

Commonly added to processed foods, emulsifiers are associated with changes in gut microbiome composition and increased inflammation in mice.

Linking single-gene defects to inflammatory bowel disease in young children may help all sufferers of the illness.

Higher temperatures are associated with an uptick in inflammatory bowel disease-related hospital admissions.

Oral administration of a cocktail of bacteria derived from the human gut reduces colitis and allergy-invoked diarrhea in mice.

Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.