image: New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications ...

New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications for ...

Peering into the jungle of microbes that live within us, researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects. "It's insane," says University of North Carolina ...

The study sheds light on how the digestive system varies with every person, and how it can determine health and how the microbial ecosystem is made. According to a recent study, the human digestive ...

The digestive system is like a big food factory inside our bodies. Its job is to break down the food we eat into smaller pieces so that our bodies can absorb the nutrients from the food to help us ...

DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:If I said to you that inside your body right about here there's an organ that's longer than the average family car, you'd say that I was lying. Well I'm not, and I was lucky ...

The hazards associated with microplastic pollution are becoming increasingly recognized. However, one study suggests that researchers have misjudged the impacts of nanoplastics — the insidiously ...