Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have found that DNP peptide, a small intestine-permeable cyclic peptide originally used as an insulin additive to improve absorption into the small ...

The results of research by a team of scientists at Kumamoto University in Japan could feasibly provide the foundation for developing orally administered forms of insulin that would free diabetes ...

This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases discoveries reshaping our understanding of the body's inner workings, ...

DURING its absorption by the small intestine a substance leaves the bowel lumen, traverses the epithelial lining, passes through the connective-tissue stroma of the lamina propria and enters terminal ...