Intermittent Fasting May Help Preserve Intestinal Health as We Age

A study in mice found that intermittent fasting brought benefits beyond weight loss, suggesting it could help the body better process glucose and reduce age-related declines in intestinal function. Researchers will present their work this week at the American Physiology Summit.

Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, Appointed a Presidential Distinguished Professor

Wendy A. Henderson, PhD, CRNP, FAASLD, FAAN, has been appointed the Gail and Ralph Reynolds President’s Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and will serve as a faculty member in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.

Absence of Protein Signaling Pathway in Mice Is Associated with Defects in Intestinal Tissue Development

Article title: Nfkb2 deficiency and its impact on plasma cells and immunoglobulin expression in murine small intestinal mucosa Authors: Stamatia Papoutsopoulou, Joseph Tang, Ahmed H. Elramli, Jonathan M. Williams, Nitika Gupta, Felix I. Ikuomola, Raheleh Sheibani-Tezerji, Mohammad T. Alam, Juan…