At 7 years old, Morgan Barrett was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Prior to her diagnosis, she struggled to gain weight ...

Cystic fibrosis is a recessive disease caused by variants of the CFTR gene, which means that affected individuals have two such variants. It affects many organs, and symptoms vary from patient to ...

Through a phenome-wide association study, the researchers found specific associations between cystic fibrosis carrier status, modifier genes, and several digestive system phenotypes.

Then, put a thin tube into the cystic duct. Push a contrast dye into the tube, which helps highlight the bile ducts. Take live X-rays with a tool called a fluoroscope.

The cystic and intrahepaticducts merge to form the common bile duct, which joins with the pancreatic duct and then reaches into the duodenum (beginning of the small intestine).

Usually, a case of pancreas divisum is found incidentally in imaging studies or when other problems arise.Causes and Risk FactorsDuring fetal development, the pancreas begins as two separate pieces of ...

Bacteria from the digestive system seem to have the potential to cause damage to pancreatic cells, increasing the risk of malignant tumors. Now for the first time, live bacteria from cystic ...

Dec. 13, 2021 — If there is an injury to the central nervous system such as after a stroke, the brain needs to compensate for this by reorganising itself. To do this, a dense network of ...