The so-called small intestine is about 22 feet long on average. That's over three times the size of LeBron James. The small intestine is also super thin, just one and 1/2 to two inches around ...

However, for some people, the adhesion may cause the intestine to become fixed or stuck on another organ. Additionally, the adhesions may form between different parts of the small or large bowel.

We will use germ-free mice — mice bred with no bacteria in their guts — to trial three methods of recreating the human small-intestinal microbiome in mice. Previous mouse models have had human ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota ... are taken from just one end of the intestinal pipe and only tell part of the story.