Cincinnati Children's scientists identify hormone that might help treat malabsorption

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Scientists at Cincinnati Children's used human intestinal organoids grown from stem cells to discover how our bodies control the absorption of nutrients from the food we eat. They further found that one hormone might be able to reverse a congenital disorder in babies who cannot adequately absorb nutrients and need intravenous feeding to survive.
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