In a new study, researchers have compared diseased colon with healthy tissue to better understand how inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancers, at a ...

A redundant or tortuous colon is an abnormally long colon that cannot fit inside the body without looping or twisting. There is no obvious cause, but it can lead to complications and gastrointestinal ...

Bioengineers from the University of Texas at Dallas co-led an investigation that identified a distinctive feature in colon tissue obtained from younger individuals with colorectal cancer. Although ...