The gallbladder plays a quiet but critical role in digestion, and when this organ malfunctions, it sends specific distress signals that require attention.

Microbes living in our guts help us digest food by reshaping the bile acids that our livers produce for breaking down fats. It turns out that two of these microbially-modified bile acids may affect ...

The gut microbiota have a known role in modulating gut immune homeostasis. Largely, through the development and function of host immune cells, including T helper cells expressing interleukin-17A. It ...

The image depicts gut microbes producing secondary bile acids to support the host’s immune defense against cancer. Microbiota-derived bile acids (shown in light green) blocked the androgen receptor ...

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ ...

Bile acids are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent that breaks up fat molecules. Fat doesn't dissolve in water, but our digestive system is full of water, so the fat we consume ...