Scientists report in Nature using pluripotent stem cells to generate human stomach tissues in a petri dish that produce acid and digestive enzymes. Publishing their findings online Jan. 4, researchers ...

A new $3.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant is helping University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) researchers delve into one of the body’s most fascinating processes ...

Scientists inch closer to an autologous diabetes cell therapy that dodges the challenge of immune rejection, creating insulin-producing cells from the lining of the gut. As of 2025, an estimated 9.5 ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels allow ...

The hydrochloric acid in your stomach can burn through metal — so why doesn't it burn through your stomach?

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

These include the parietal cells of the stomach, which secrete protons into the stomach—i.e., produce stomach acid. Somoza's team is researching, among other things, how bitter-tasting food compounds ...

That burning sensation in your stomach might be trying to tell you something more complex than “lay off the spicy food.” For decades, we’ve been quick to blame stress alone for the development of ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels allow ...

A new study shows that bitter tasting protein fragments (peptides) are produced in the stomach during the digestion of the natural sweetener thaumatin. In a cellular test system, the peptides are able ...