Gut muscle vital for absorbing fats forms like scars
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
ITHACA, New York, April 17 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
By discovering how a type of smooth muscle - which is essential for mechanical aspects of absorbing fats from food - forms in the gut, Cornell scientists have opened doors to making artificial muscle, repairing muscle following gut surgeries and treating inflammatory bowel disease and obesity.
The findings, published online March 26 in a study in Developmental Cell, reveal that intestinal smooth . . .
By discovering how a type of smooth muscle - which is essential for mechanical aspects of absorbing fats from food - forms in the gut, Cornell scientists have opened doors to making artificial muscle, repairing muscle following gut surgeries and treating inflammatory bowel disease and obesity.
The findings, published online March 26 in a study in Developmental Cell, reveal that intestinal smooth . . .