EVER since Réaumur, more than two centuries ago, discovered that gastric juice digests meat, men have asked: "Why doesn't the stomach digest itself?" There are two answers to this question. One is, of ...

Ikoma, Japan – The gastric corpus, which is a major component of the glandular stomach, is composed of parietal, chief, pit, and neck cells. Each of these specialized epithelial cells play an ...

The manner in which mutations arise and spread throughout the stomach is unclear. However, mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can be used to identify areas of gastric mucosa that originate from a ...

Certain drinks, such as cabbage juice or honey water, may help soothe stomach ulcers, though people may wish to avoid other drinks, such as alcohol and coffee. Stomach ulcers are sores that form on ...

Antralization is considered a critical, reversible stage preceding gastric cancer. However, available biomarkers for identifying antralization are lacking. This study aimed to explore ...