About 8,000 people are diagnosed with bile duct cancer each year. But the actual number of cases is likely to be higher. Gastroenterologist John Morris explains why. Skip to main ... Bile duct cancer ...

As Theise explains to ResearchGate, "Rather than process the sampled bile duct tissue as usual, with dehydration and chemical fixation to make slides, we quickly froze the tissue, keeping the ...

Bile duct cancer, which is also called cholangiocarcinoma, ... Biopsy A biopsy is a procedure to remove a small piece of tissue to examine under a microscope in the lab.

“It could help us investigate, for example, how cholangiocytes protect against bile acids and how they regulate bile acid homeostasis,” he says. “These studies will help us develop treatments for ...

First author Ming Yan next to the 3D printer used in the study. Researchers at Northwestern University have printed a 3D mini-tissue that mimics the bile duct. They achieved this by combining peptides ...

Stenotrophomonas species -- previously implicated in bile duct infections -- were found to be preferentially dwelling in tumor tissue (compared to normal tissue) of non-fluke-infected ...

image: This is an image of a mouse gallbladder following repair with a bioengineered patch of tissue incorporating human 'bile duct' cells, shown in green.

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), also known as primary biliary cirrhosis, is a chronic and progressive disease that damages and can eventually destroy the ...

Extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids (ECOs) derived from primary human tissue can successfully repair common bile duct defects in mice, a new study shows. Bile duct disorders are a major cause of ...