Scientists have identified a new organ that has been hiding in plain sight inside the human body. Previously Thought As A Fragmented Structure In The Digestive System Known as the mesentery, the organ ...

Over a century ago, when scientists were classifying the body’s organs, one was short shrifted, according to researchers who say part of the digestive system deserves to be upgraded to organ status.

Scientists have made a jaw-dropping discovery, a 520-million-year-old fossil that has preserved not just its body, but its ...

A specialized system of ducts transports bile and enzymes from the liver and pancreas to the intestine. In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown how this ductal system ...

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An Athens woman who underwent a rare transplant of her digestive system at a Miami hospital last month said she had her first regular meal Friday since the surgery and walked some laps around the ward ...