Chapter 6: Intestinal Failure and Regeneration, Nutritional Disorders and Support, Surgically Modified Gut, and Transplantation
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Intestinal growth and differentiation. At birth, the human small intestine is typically 2-3 meters in length and grows to about 6-7 meters in adults. In addition, the epithelial lining of the intestine is continually renewed as new cells mature from the proliferating stem cells located at the base of the intestinal crypts. This lifelong capacity for growth and differentiation of the complex cellular structure of the intestine suggests the potential for development of regenerative cures for many digestive diseases as researchers learn how to identify, isolate and manipulate intestinal stem cells.
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