A new study reports a biomarker-based assay for detecting Barrett oesophagus that does not rely on endoscopy. The approach combines a swallowable balloon device for oesophageal sampling and sensitive ...

There are two main subtypes of oesophageal cancer, squamous cell carcinoma and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC), that are distinct from one another both in terms of the cell of origin and from an ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Norman Swan: Let's head back up to the beginning of the intestinal tract, to the bit which becomes ...

According to a new study, blocking two molecular pathways that send signals inside cancer cells can stave off esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Here, we brief you about it + list out few preventive ...

A human embryonic stem cell line derived at Stanford University is seen in this handout photo released to Reuters by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, March 9, 2009. (Reuters) In a ...

Scientists in London have grown a bio-engineered oesophagus which was successfully implanted into mice. The work, published in Nature Communications, external, was led by scientists at UCL Great ...

Barrett's oesophagus, which is named after the doctor who first described it, is a condition which affects the lower oesophagus. In Barrett's oesophagus, the cells that line the affected area of the ...

One of the consequences of bad acid reflux – heartburn with acid going up into the throat – can be a pre-malignant condition called Barrett's oesophagus. Barrett's occurs at the lower end of the ...