Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a cause of chronic watery diarrhea that is attributed to a lack of nutrient absorption in the gastrointestinal tract in newborns. The disease can lead to ...

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Digestion has a previously unsuspected mechanical dimension: Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that the tiny, hair-like protrusions that line the gut are filled with millions of molecular motors ...

Jaguar expects first results in Q2 2025 of proof-of-concept investigator-initiated trials of crofelemer for the rare diseases short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure and microvillus inclusion ...

MVID, a rare congenital diarrheal disorder (CDD) condition, is a life-threatening autosomal recessive disease that affects newborns and children and leads to significant morbidity and mortality from ...

Intestinal microvilli, finger-like protrusions on the cell surface, are packed with the motor protein myosin-1a. This myosin was thought to serve a purely structural role, but now Vanderbilt cell ...

Jaguar continues its sharp strategic focus on its global development program for crofelemer for rare-disease intestinal ...

In mice, deletion of the Rab8 protein disrupts organized molecular distribution to membranes of intestinal epithelial cells. Death by starvation follows, exactly as it does in humans with microvillus ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 29, 2024 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAGX) today announced that Jaguar family company Napo Pharmaceuticals (Napo) is a Bronze Sponsor of the 10th Annual Elite ...