If a vaccine is to protect the intestines and other mucous membranes in the body, it also needs to be given through the mucosa, for example as a nasal spray or a liquid that is drunk. The mucosa forms ...

Ileal pouch–anal anastomosis is the definitive therapy for ulcerative colitis that is refractory to medical treatment or that has developed neoplasia. Patients with this procedure are routinely ...

There is a strong link between pathophysiology and the human body's microbiome. Research suggests that many microbial communities regulate health, host homeostasis, disease progression, and infection ...

Topical treatment with live Roseomonas mucosa -- a bacterium naturally present on the skin -- was safe for adults and children with atopic dermatitis (eczema) and was associated with reduced disease ...

Olfactory cortexes and the olfactory tracts are involved in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. We examined peripheral regions of the olfactory sensory pathway, including the olfactory mucosa, to ...

Biologist William K. Purves of Harvey Mudd College responds: Parietal cells in the mucosa, the inner cell layer of our digestive tract, secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) into the stomach's lumen, or ...