The human small intestine is an essential organ that helps us absorb nutrients and vitamins from food. It is an average of 6 meters long and is covered with millions of villi that are separated by ...

What drew you into gut microbiome research? I work with people who suffer from functional gastrointestinal disorders and have a myriad of symptoms, many which change over time. These diseases are ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences different blood glucose responses when people eat the same foods, will be enabled by his Global Grant ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...