Research on gastrointestinal diseases, especially cancer, has mainly focused on epithelial cells, which line the surfaces of ...

These organoids provide scientists with better models for studying liver biology, and for developing treatments for various liver disorders.

One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key ...

David A. Drew, PhD, of the Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cellular ...

One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a single speck of dust. Despite its density, DNA is not a tangled ball of yarn.

Tumors develop when cells in the body grow uncontrollably. Finding a tumor on your dog can be very frightening, but they are ...

Physician and University of Ottawa graduate, Mark Hyman, took to Facebook to warn his followers that a single cup of the ...

“To find an effective treatment, we analyzed the toxicity and effectiveness of 12 known agents that can work against a wide range of enteroviruses. We tested them both individually and in combination, ...

Why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus—pathogens that are highly dangerous to humans—without becoming ...

D printing skin, bone, and even working organs could change transplant medicine and medical research — but how, exactly, does ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us ...