Research on gastrointestinal diseases, especially cancer, has mainly focused on epithelial cells, which line the surfaces of ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC), a type of cancer that affects the large intestine and rectum, is one of the leading causes of cancer ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC), a type of cancer that affects the large intestine and rectum, is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide.

Gene sequencing studies have uncovered mutations in key oncogenes responsible for colorectal cancer (CRC) development. CRC ...

How would you summarize your study for a lay audience?Research on gastrointestinal diseases, especially cancer, has mainly looked at the epithelial ...

Researchers used mutational analysis to identify gene mutations that may drive carcinogenesis in colorectal tumors with high ...

David A. Drew, PhD, of the Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cellular ...

Observations of electrical signal propagation across colonies of epithelial cells suggest they may be able to communicate, ...

However, its role in colorectal cancer was not known ... proliferation and impairs mitochondrial function of tumorous epithelial cells thereby protecting from intestinal carcinogenesis, Cancer ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells — which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities — are mute, ...