Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, collectively known as IBD, are chronic inflammatory
disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Although the aetiopathogenesis of IBD is largely …

Pancreatic cancer kills more than 250,000 people each year worldwide and has a poor
prognosis. The aim of this article is to critically review the epidemiologic evidence for …

Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and has a high
mortality rate. We tested the hypothesis that only one flexible sigmoidoscopy screening …

Objective: Despite considerable microsurgical innovation in peripheral nerve repair, the
outcome has improved little since the 1940s, reflecting surgical inability to adequately …

Nonpolypoid colorectal neoplasms are grossly classified into three groups: slightly elevated
(small flat adenomas), laterally spreading, and depressed. Flat adenomas are not invasive …

Neurotransmission operates on a millisecond timescale but is changed by normal
experience or neuropathology over days to months. Despite the importance of long-term …

Making predictions about the rewards associated with environmental stimuli and updating
those predictions through feedback is an essential aspect of adaptive behavior. Theorists …

Nepal is a mountainous, less developed kingdom that straddles the boundary between the
Indian and Himalayan tectonic plates. In Nepal, landslides represent a major constraint on …

Background Specific nutrients or foods have been inconsistently associated with ulcerative
colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) risks. Thus, we investigated associations between diet …

Surface nanotopography is known to influence the interaction of human skeletal
(mesenchymal) stem cells (hMSC) with a material surface. While most surface …