Beneath the surface of your gut lies a vast network of neurons—as many as in your spinal cord. New research from the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) in Lisbon shows that in mice this "second brain" helps ...

In little moments like when sipping coffee or licking an ice cream cone, it doesn't seem like your body is pulling off a biological miracle. But it is. That cookie is not you-yet when you put it in ...

The human gut is far more than a digestive organ. It is an intricate ecosystem of epithelial tissue, immune networks, microbial communities, and neural circuits that together regulate not only ...