intestinal
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However, this approach depends on an important assumption: that intestinal microbes are responsible for producing most or all of the compounds researchers want to influence.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The researchers also examined what happened when antibiotics disrupted the intestinal microbiome.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
During fasting, a population of intestinal cells carrying these repair programs becomes more abundant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
The Holding Out For a Hero singer, whose real name was Gaynor Hopkins, died in a hospital in Portugal in July, aged 75, after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery earlier this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Though seriously ill with an intestinal disorder that would eventually prove fatal, Jefferson summoned up the energy for one final spasm of eloquence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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