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Gastrointestinal

(Science: anatomy) Pertaining to or communicating with the stomach and intestine, as a gastrointestinal fistula.


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... lose their hair for this precise reason: the fast-dividing cells of the hair follicle become so damaged that the hair falls off and they have gastrointestinal problems, because the gut epithelium gets damaged in the treatment. Radiotherapy is typically aimed to a very precise area (where the ...

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by Ahsmeah
Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:10 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
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Re: Re:

... lose their hair for this precise reason: the fast-dividing cells of the hair follicle become so damaged that the hair falls off and they have gastrointestinal problems, because the gut epithelium gets damaged in the treatment. Radiotherapy is typically aimed to a very precise area (where the ...

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by biohazard
Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:23 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Cancer = Mutation: Stopping Mutation Would Cure Cancer?
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Vaccine for HIV

... HIV may be encountered daily by individuals at high risk. Most vaccines protect against infections through mucosal surfaces of the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract; the great majority of HIV infection is through the genital tract. HIV structure The epitopes of the viral envelope are more ...

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by suzidoc8
Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:47 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Vaccine for HIV
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Connection between opioid receptors and fatty acid receptors

... withdrawals vomiting and defecating become much likelier. Possible that this is also side effect of old function FFAR had. If FFAR is throughout gastrointestinal tract then it could sense how much fatty food is left to absorb. If this receptor notices much fat left in digested food then it may ...

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by mhein
Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:00 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Connection between opioid receptors and fatty acid receptors
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Odd food poisoning-like symptoms, strange tastes

I have understood that at least in certain animals it can indeed happen so that the food begins to spoil in the gastrointestinal track, if the digestion becomes too slow. Perhaps this can also happen in humans, like mitchpmk wrote. It is even possible that several conditions can ...

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by biohazard
Mon May 21, 2012 8:57 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Odd food poisoning-like symptoms, strange tastes
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