This unusual bacteria lives in our large intestine and survives off of mucin—the layer of mucus that covers the large intestine's surface. Mucin provides a small but important separation between ...

Deregulation of secreted mucin 2 (MUC2) production has provided an important link between inflammation and cancer. Expression of the transmembrane mucin MUC1 is upregulated in response to chronic ...

I found out recently that I am informally known on my team as the girl who really likes snail mucin (put that on a T-shirt, baby!!!). And with that newfound role, I fear it’s my responsibility ...