For decades, biology textbooks and popular science writing repeated a striking claim: bacterial cells in the human body ...

Over the past decades, colorectal cancer has emerged as a growing health concern in transitional countries. Colorectal cancer is projected to be diagnosed in approximately 4.4% of males and 4.1% of ...

In a major leap for cancer research and precision medicine, engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a three-dimensional human colon model integrated with bioelectronics. The ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. Of cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading ...

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In the intricate biology of the human body, organs such as the breast, the colon and the lungs are lined with a defensive ...

Disruption of the intestinal epithelial barrier is a hallmark of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), yet mechanisms of epithelial repair remain poorly understood. We developed a scalable human colon ...

Colorectal cancer is not usually considered a disease of younger people, but that’s changing. Over the past 20 years, colon cancer rates have increased significantly between the age of 20 and 50.

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a 3D human colon model integrated with bioelectronics to aid in colorectal cancer research and drug discovery. The "3D in vivo ...