It takes about 24 hours for food to make its way through your digestive system. Your body needs food for energy, vitamins and minerals. But food needs to be broken down into a substance your body ...

Discover the digestive system and understand its intricate processes. From mouth to the intestines, learn about each organ's role in digestion.

Important milestones have been reached in the quest to engineer replacement tissue in the lab to treat digestive system conditions -- from infants born with too-short bowels to adults with ...

Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have reached important milestones in their quest to engineer replacement tissue in the lab to treat digestive system conditions.