The (a) intestine, (b) esophagus and (c) stomach are shown. Quiescent stem cells (d) through asymmetric division probably give rise to more rapidly dividing active stem cells, which then produce ...

A study suggests that “chief” cells in the stomach act as reserve stem cells that are activated by tissue damage and may be the long-sought source of gastric cancer. “This is the first definitive ...

He was the first-ever patient in a Mayo Clinic study where stem cells were collected from his own stomach fat, expanded in a ...

With access to state-of-the-art tools, including a cryogenic freezer, the students are using the latest technology to advance ...

Chief cells lie at the base of the stomach’s gastric glands, and in healthy individuals they are responsible for secreting enzymes required for digestion. Scientists have proposed that, in the face of ...

An invasive gastric tumour containing Lgr5-expressing stem-like cells (green), some of which are actively proliferating (magenta). Elimination of these tumour-resident Lgr5-expressing populations ...

How are induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells different from embryonic ... Consistent with this model, hepatocytes and gastric epithelial cells in mice also appear to be more easily reprogrammed ...

Background Development of diffuse-type gastric cancer (DGC) starts with intramucosal lesions that are primarily composed of ...

Gastric cancer (GC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with more than one million new diagnoses annually.