One of the most striking examples of gut plasticity can be observed in animals that are exposed to prolonged periods of fasting, such as hibernating animals or phyton snakes that goes for months without eating, where the gut shrinks with as much as 50%, but recovers in size following a few days of re-feeding.
Stem cell transplant offers hope for patients with multiple sclerosis
Stem cells harvested from a person’s own bone marrow or blood, can safely slow progression of the most common form of the autoimmune disease, multiple