Gastroenterology

Gastrointestinal fistulas are abnormal passages that form between the digestive tract and another organ or tissue. They are a common complication of surgery, trauma, inflammatory diseases, and cancerous tumors, and severe cases can be life-threatening. Doctors often treat them endoscopically,

Gastric leaks are a serious complication that can occur after weight‑loss surgery, leading to infection, prolonged hospitalization, and repeated medical interventions. Current drainage stents used to treat these leaks were originally designed for bile ducts rather than the stomach, and

Liver fibrosis is a silent condition in which the liver gradually hardens like a callus, often without obvious symptoms until serious damage has already occurred. Today, doctors usually rely on liver biopsies or expensive imaging tests to detect fibrosis, procedures

Inflammatory bowel disease remains difficult to study because its complex immune and microbial interactions cannot be replicated in traditional lab models. Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have developed a microfluidic “gut‑on‑a‑chip” system that recreates the dynamic environment of the

Swallowing disorders affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, yet researchers have lacked a realistic way to study how the esophagus actually moves during a swallow. Existing benchtop models cannot reproduce the coordinated muscle activity that drives food from the

An interdisciplinary team from Dresden University of Technology, Rostock University Medical Centre, and Dresden University Hospital has introduced an innovative implantable sensor film that enables reliable early detection of blood flow disorders following intestinal surgery. These disorders, particularly at intestinal

Many gut problems are hard to catch because signs like bleeding or inflammation can come and go, and standard endoscopy might miss them. Scientists in China are developing swallowable capsules that contain harmless, engineered bacteria designed to act as tiny