The colon is part of the digestive system. It helps the body absorb water and nutrients from food before excreting the waste. It is made up of muscle and located just below the stomach. People ...

The colon is part of the large intestine, the final part of the digestive system. Its function is to reabsorb fluids and process waste products from the body and prepare for its elimination.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a system that allows for real-time observations of individual cells in the colon of a living mouse. Researchers expect the procedure to allow ...