Robert Langer, ScD, director of the Langer Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, envisions future advances in biomedical engineering.

Esophagus, stomach, and proximal duodenal mucosa were examined under sedation or general anesthesia. Six biopsies of the gastric mucosa: two from gastric corpus (lesser and greater curvature), two ...

U.S. Patent No. 12,329,439, issued June 17, 2025, and U.S. Patent No. 12,303,185, issued May 20, 2025, both titled "Electrical energy ablation systems, devices and methods for the treatment of tissue, ...

Small intestine articles from across Nature Portfolio. Atom; RSS Feed; Definition. The small intestine is located between the stomach and the large intestine and is composed of the duodenum ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(3):345-348. Statistical analysis was carried out using GraphPad InStat Software version 3.06 (GraphPad, San Diego, CA, USA). Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact ...

Pinworms are the cause of a highly contagious intestinal infection in humans. Learn about its symptoms, the tape test, and effective methods of treatment.

They put a stoma on him — they basically pulled the intestine out of the body, and it was an exposed stoma.” After Avyaan was born, Dia said, “I was allowed to visit him only twice a week; I ...

The bowel is a common place for endometriosis lesions to grow. Bowel endometriosis is often misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); it can occur inside, on, or around the intestines.

Intestinal stem cells articles from across Nature Portfolio. Atom; RSS Feed; Definition. Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts ...

Common causes of pain in your lower left abdomen include diverticulitis, gas, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In more severe cases, kidney stones, ectopic pregnancy, or testicular torsion may ...

The exocrine tissue also secretes a bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid in the duodenum. This is the first section of the small intestine. The main hormones secreted by the endocrine gland in the ...

Background: Duodenal cancer is one of the leading causes of death in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients. An endoscopic surveillance programme was therefore initiated in 1988, the outcome of ...