But getting into the small intestine, and retrieving anything from it, has always been difficult. “It’s been ignored,” says Gary Frost, who studies digestion at Imperial College London.

As far back as the 16th century, we were mapping out the murky territory of the human small intestine in anatomy books. We know, for example, that this digestive tract is—on average—about 6 ...

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Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers ...