Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

After every meal, the intestines perform an action called peristalsis - moving food through their hollow interiors with coordinated contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscle. For more than a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Peristalsis enables transport of the food bolus in the gut. Here, I show by dynamic ex vivo intra-cellular calcium imaging on living embryonic ...

The US humorist Christopher Morley once described the human body as “an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing”. He wasn’t wrong: from our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems to our guts and urinary ...

Pooping is a normal physical response to eating, called the gastrocolic reflex. Certain foods or activities can trigger a faster gastrocolic reflex. A frequent urgent or painful need to poop after ...