The model developed by the team, called StomachSim, appears to be one of the first to be able to conduct realistic simulation of the human stomach. Blending physics with biomechanics and fluid ...

“People without uteruses have tummy pooches, too, and the back of my arm has fat, and there’s no uterus there,” Erlanger said ...

The AI is designed to address a major gap in cancer screening in China, where invasive endoscopic procedures deter many from undergoing early testing. Unlik ...

How to Make Human Hearts, Lungs, and Guts Using Only Paper Using white card stock, scissors and some glue, Horst Kiechle created an anatomically-correct model of the human torso with removable organs.

Recently published research outlines a groundbreaking technique to grow human stomach tissue in the lab. This will aid the study of diseases and new drugs.

A common method of administering drugs is orally, by swallowing a pill or capsule. But oral administration is the most complex way for the human body to absorb an active pharmaceutical ingredient ...

Anatomy is the study of the structure of living things. It is key to medicine and other areas of health. Here, learn about the fields of anatomy and more.

Scientists used pluripotent stem cells to generate functional, three-dimensional human stomach tissue in a laboratory -- creating an unprecedented tool for researching the development and diseases ...

This video produced by the World Science Festival tells the story of William Harvey, the once misunderstood genius who literally re-wrote the book on human anatomy in 1628.

The anatomy and function of the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, is described in part 3 of this series on the GI tract. Having received acidic chyme from the stomach, the duodenum ...