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Your digestive system starts its job even before you eat your first bite. The digestive system consists of the parts of the body that work together to turn food and liquids into the building blocks ...

In the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, a group of scientists ventures inside the body of an injured colleague to save him from a life-threatening blood clot. They get a front-row seat to the ...

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Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are crucial for protecting against bacterial infection in people with compromised immune systems, report investigators. Their work shows that a network of immune cells ...

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Tens of thousands of years ago, dogs found their evolutionary niche as consumers of human waste. And if you're an animal eating refuse for a living, you better be equipped with a strong digestive ...