The large intestine is the final part of the lower gastrointestinal tract and includes the caecum, appendix, colon, rectum and anal canal. The large intestine's function is to finish digestion of ...

Absorption is a crucial part of the digestive process that brings the molecules from the digested food into the blood and, ultimately, the cells. Problems with your small or large intestine can affect ...

Human CD36 contains ∼472 amino acids, which contains two transmembrane domains, a large ... In the intestine, CD36 is highly expressed on the brush border membrane of the enterocytes mainly localized ...

What's left of the food goes into your large intestine. And guess what? It's about 15 feet shorter than the small intestine. Ironic, huh? But at three to four inches around, it's wider ...

TULSA, Okla. — Our Blood Institute is asking the community to donate blood due to seasonal illnesses impacting the amount of available blood for patients. "We are doing everything we can to ...

Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

and the organization isn’t aware of any blood supply delays. The attack against NYBCe comes as cybersecurity has become a pressing concern for the sector. Ransomware attacks, which use a type of ...

The winter storm that hit Kentucky in early January hurt the state’s blood supply, the Kentucky Blood Center said Monday. The wintry conditions — snow, ice and freezing temperatures — caused the blood ...

India faces a significant shortfall in blood supply, leading to 12,000 deaths daily. Healthy individuals aged 18-65 with a minimum weight of 45 kg can donate, if they meet specific health criteria.

Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction ...

January’s National Blood Donor Month gives us the ideal opportunity to remind folks that the U.S. is facing a critical and ongoing shortage in its national blood supply. And the extreme heat ...

Woman who had agonizing stomach pain and a bloated belly had a twisted colon, or sigmoid volvulus. Doctors had to untwist it and remove part of her colon.