Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions took a closer look at how the gastrointestinal ...

Various cells in the stomach secrete digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These substances break down food so the body can absorb nutrients. The stomach is a muscular organ in the upper abdomen ...

A stomach adult stem cell population can fulfill two distinct functions: either help with digestion under normal conditions or take the lead on injury response. Scientists at IMBA, Institute of ...

When the stomach gets injured, the large, enzyme-secreting cells in its lining, called chief cells, can quickly reprogram themselves to become small, proliferative cells to repair the damaged tissue.

Today a man in Finland has a new jaw, thanks to specially-treated stem cells harvested from his fatty tissues and grown in his stomach. It’s not the first time researchers have grown bones inside a ...

Researchers have located a stem cell–rich region of the distal human stomach using AQP5, a membrane protein newly identified as a biomarker of human pyloric stem cells, according to a study published ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels allow ...

The surprising finding that gastric tumors may arise from bone marrow cells, not stomach cells, may cause researchers to rethink the origins of epithelial cancers. There is a well-established ...

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