intestinal
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Instead, the effect was traced to fatty acid oxidation, the process intestinal cells use to burn dietary fat for energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those proteins then encourage intestinal stem cells to divide more rapidly, creating more opportunities for some of the cells to become cancerous.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
But she was treated with heparin, an anticoagulant derived from intestinal tissue of pigs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
These compounds are produced when gut microbes ferment dietary material and are important for normal intestinal function.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
“When children play outside,” the expert continued, “their hands pick up dirt, and with it, hundreds of microscopic parasites that enter their bodies through their mouths to live and thrive in their intestinal tract.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
