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The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your ...

They also predict more promise with the use of CT to determine organ weights. CT is less expensive and easier to use than MRI, and purification of gases and embolized air (air caught in the blood ...

Her candidacy for a human kidney was limited by the high likelihood, in her case, that her immune system would reject a donor organ. Time was running out, because over the next eight years Looney kept ...

A rapid and efficient method developed to create stem-cell-based 3D mini-organs derived from the cells of patients offers a way to evaluate personalized treatments using RNA therapies for rare ...

The enteric nervous system is composed of nerves that are embedded in the organs of the digestive system, which control breakdown of food, absorption of nutrients, and elimination of waste.

People who are missing parts of their intestines or have limited intestinal mobility may require total parenteral nutrition (TPN), a type of nutrition that bypasses the digestive system. The rectum is ...

The first pieces of a massive, historic theater pipe organ built more than 90 years ago have been installed at Rochester Institute of Technology’s music performance theater, currently under ...

Hatty Willmoth is a Newsweek food and nutrition reporter based in London, U.K. She has covered special diets, gut health and functional medicine extensively. Hatty joined Newsweek in 2024 from the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Macy's may be closing its store inside the iconic Wanamaker Building in Center City Philadelphia, but you can still expect to see the treasured organ. TF Cornerstone ...

Scientists have disguised tumours to ‘look’ similar to pig organs ― tricking the immune system into attacking the cancerous cells. This ruse can halt a tumour’s growth and even eliminate ...

“One of the biggest surprises was finding that the immune system stimulates the production of the hormone glucagon by sending immune cells on a journey across different organs”. Once in the ...