Research may help patients with intestinal failure, other malabsorptive disorders

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 12:24 in Health & Medicine

New treatments for intestinal failure and other intestinal absorption disorders are a step closer to the patients who need them after a discovery showing that butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid, helps intestine grow and become more functional.

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