Researchers at the Earlham Institute, the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University analyzed gut cells to understand the drivers behind fibrosis, a common complication in Crohn's disease ...

Esophageal diverticulum is a fairly rare condition. Treatment is usually only needed if you have other underlying conditions or it becomes severe. Here’s what you need to know. A diverticulum is a ...

The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach. The esophagus has four layers: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and tunica adventitia. Common esophageal conditions include GERD ...

Objective Effective medical therapy and validated trial outcomes are lacking for small bowel Crohn’s disease (CD) strictures. Histopathology of surgically resected specimens is the gold standard for ...

aDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium bDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, ...

Abstract: Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field of science that uses the principles of health sciences and engineering to develop the biomaterials that can mimic the structure of an organ, ...

Assembled Multipurpose Instrument for Rectal Biopsies (A) and Actual Size of the Biopsy Capsule (B), Which Has Been Removed to Show the Knife Attached to the Pull Wire. Three to 5 biopsies are ...

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a serious disease that impairs mouth functionality, often leading to restricted opening and a high risk of malignant transformation. New research has uncovered a ...

PURPOSE: To construct a new biomaterial-small intestinal submucosa coated with gelatin hydrogel incorporating basic fibroblast growth factor, and to evaluate the new biomaterials for the ...

We recently published the long-term outcomes of porcine small intestinal submucosa bulbar urethroplasty (SISU) compared to buccal mucosa bulbar urethroplasty (BMU) for urethral strictures. 1 Previous ...