Digestive System: News and Research on Digestive System

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Oncology & Cancer

New risk score helps predict pancreatic cancer recurrence

Cedars-Sinai investigators, leading a multi-institutional team, have developed and validated a tool to predict which patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) need closer monitoring because their cancer is ...

Immunology

CAR T-cell therapy accelerates intestinal healing in aging mice

Ever notice that as you get older, some foods no longer sit with you the same? This could be due to a breakdown of the intestinal epithelium, a single layer of cells that forms the organ's lining. The intestine plays a crucial ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Research team studies hydration at 2024 Boston Marathon

A research team from the College of Education and Health Professions, along with co-authors from several other institutions, recently published a study they conducted at the 2024 Boston Marathon examining the role of hydration ...

Diabetes

Researchers find vital clue in the progression of Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the body mistakenly attacks itself as the immune system destroys the pancreas's insulin-producing cells. Why the immune system turns against these cells remains one of the enduring questions ...

Biomedical technology

A new window into pancreatic islet cell function

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have established a novel transplantation site for islets of Langerhans that enables long-term intravital microscopy of islet physiology in awake mice with exceptional stability.

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