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unusual facts about gastro-intestinal



Active transport

In August 1960, in Prague, Robert K. Crane presented for the first time his discovery of the sodium-glucose cotransport as the mechanism for intestinal glucose absorption.

Ascaridole

This property gave the name to this chemical, after Ascaris – a genus of the large intestinal roundworms.

Autistic enterocolitis

When Wakefield and his colleagues first reported in 1998 a possible association between autistic regression, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and MMR vaccines in the Lancet, they evaluated a dozen children with pervasive developmental disorders, apparent developmental regression, and intestinal symptoms, referred to the Royal Free Hospital.

Bernard Downing

He died on May 25, 1931, at the Loomis Sanitarium in Liberty, New York, of intestinal tuberculosis; and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Queens.

Bioenhancer

Ginger promotes due to the gingerols the intestinal absorption of many compounds (including drugs) and elements.

Bobbejaanland

Bobbejaan Schoepen suffered from intestinal cancer, which gave rise to the idea to part with his life's work.

Charles B. Towns

The third major ingredient was the dried bark or berries of Xanthoxylum americanum, or prickly ash, added to help with diarrhea and intestinal cramps.

Daidzein

Daidzein can be converted to its end metabolite S-equol in some humans based on the presence of certain intestinal bacteria.

Emil L. Smith

He joined the lab of eminent protein chemist Max Bergmann at the Rockefeller Institute in 1940, where he worked with a number of important biochemists and began a significant line of research on the intestinal enzyme erepsin.

Entero-oxyntin

Entero-oxyntin is a hormone released from intestinal endocrine cells which stimulates gastric acid secretion in the stomach.

GI Forum

Their growing (international) fan base on Facebook has essentially surpassed that of other more established organizations (i.e. the American Gastroenterological Association), making GI Forum one of the fastest-growing GI (gastro-intestinal) communities on the web today.

Glorious Song

Acquired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Glorious Song was at his Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England, when she died in July 2003 at age twenty-seven following intestinal surgery.

Glucagon-like peptide 2 receptor

Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP2) is a 33-amino acid proglucagon-derived peptide produced by intestinal enteroendocrine cells.

I Was Dora Suarez

Showing up its surfeit of intestinal fortitude, the French government named its author a Chevalier of Arts and Letters in 1991.

Ileostomy

After a test series of over 300 patients, Dr. Barnett moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where he joined the staff of Palms of Pasadena Hospital, where he trained other surgeons to perform his continent intestinal reservoir procedure.

Lassana Diarra

However, on 22 May, while training with the national team in the high-altitude commune of Tignes, it was announced that Diarra was dropping out of the squad due to suffering severe intestinal pain and stomach cramps as a result of the altitude.

M. bicornis

Myleusnema bicornis, an intestinal parasite species of Myleus ternetzi, a freshwater fish commonly found in the French Guiana river

Meconium aspiration syndrome

Fetal distress during labor causes intestinal contractions, as well as relaxation of the anal sphincter, which allows meconium to pass into the amniotic fluid and contaminate the amniotic fluid.

Pediococcus acidilactici

Prior to treatment with orally administered mixtures of Pediococcus acidilactici and Saccharomyces boulardii the dogs diagnosed with parvovirus infection were shown to exhibit severe gastro-intestinal distress such as vomiting and bloody diarrhea.

Samuel B. Maxey

He died in 1895 at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where he had gone for treatment of an intestinal problem.

The Rising Son

Jesus supports Mary's and Magdalene's new philosophy about feet, meets their promoter Judd, and shows his father his newly found power to produce kittens from his intestinal tract.

Trichuris muris

After establishing their place in the intestinal wall, the adult worms mate and release unembryonated eggs into the environment via the feces.

Tritrichomonas

Tritrichomonas is a genus of single celled flagellated protozoan parasites, some of whose species are known to be pathogens of the bovine reproductive tract as well as the intestinal tract of felines.

Villus

Intestinal villus, Intestinal villus refers to any one of the small, finger-shaped outgrowths of the epithelial lining of the wall of the intestine.


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