Researchers say they have discovered an entirely new class of life inside the human body, and it is very similar to a virus.

The human gastrointestinal system principally refers to the stomach and intestine, but can encompass the entire gastrointestinal tract, including all structures and organs from the mouth to the anus.

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 ...

By combining over 25 single-cell datasets of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, researchers have developed the largest publicly accessible resource of its kind. The atlas includes samples from ...

Explore the gut-brain axis - how the trillions of microbes in your gut influence your mood and mental wellbeing.

This approach could also be helpful in predicting whether probiotics or fecal microbiota treatments (FMT) would successfully combat infections of the human GI tract. "People eat a lot of ...

Anatomist, Claire Smith, is showing me a real human digestive system. 'It's a vast, alien-looking mass of tubes. 'And this is the stomach.' DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:I guess I thought it would be a ...

Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer’s disease.

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...

A supercapacitor made from sargassum seaweed nanofibers powers medical devices inside the body, kills bacteria, and naturally ...