Pythons may hold the answer to another way to regrow our guts, says a group of researchers led by the University of Texas at Arlington. In a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the ...

Pythons may hold the answer to another way to regrow our guts, a group of researchers led by the University of Texas at Arlington finds. In a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the ...

Researchers found that specialized cells in Burmese pythons' (Python bivittatus) intestinal lining process calcium from the bones of their meals. This helps explain how these predators digest whole ...

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Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, responsible for completely absorbing the skeletons of their prey. Most carnivores ...

"We wanted to identify how they were able to process and limit this huge absorption of calcium through the intestinal wall." ...

One kind of intestinal cell, called BEST4+, emerged as vital to the regrowth of the python’s intestinal villi. These are tiny, finger-like projections that jut out from the intestine, increasing the ...