Inflammation is your immune system’s response to infection or tissue damage. As inflammation worsens, you can develop sores ...

Researchers have identified a new axis of host defense by studying what happens during enteric infection -- a term that encompasses all types of intestinal infections including so called 'stomach flu.

Intestinal infections can change the composition of liver bile, leading to changes in immune function and gut bacteria, potentially helping fight off harmful bacteria .

Scientists have uncovered how certain E. coli bacteria in the gut promote colon cancer by binding to intestinal cells and releasing a DNA-damaging toxin. The study, published in Nature ...

Resident Surgeon to the Genito-Urinary Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital; Fellow in Surgery in the Harvard Medical School. Copying failed.