Mayo Clinic's Engineering & Therapeutics in Gastrointestinal Disease Lab is implementing microrobotics in the gastrointestinal tract using a swallowable, remote-controlled robotic capsule.

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The human body works less like a single machine and more like a set of finely tuned systems. Each organ has a specific role, ...

According to studies, we introduce into our body an amount of plastic particles equal in quantity to a credit card. Now one ...

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Gibraltar's macaques are eating soil to soothe stomachs upset by tourist-supplied junk food.

For most of human history, eating was primarily about survival. Now, in the modern world, food is a source of enjoyment and ...

WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the ...

Orange peels may be good for your gut and your heart. Discover what the research says and how to use orange peels instead of ...

A new study reveals that the gut microbiome is way more complex than people might think. A virus in it may hold the key to ...

The study monitored the monkey groups across the Rock of Gibraltar and tracked instances of geophagy. “ A nimals in frequent ...

The British territory's Barbary macaques are the only wild monkeys in Europe. But many are consuming human snacks high in ...