Scientists have uncovered a new environmental culprit behind liver disease: tetrachloroethylene (PCE), a chemical used in dry ...

Did you know the liver can regenerate damaged cells and works according to its own clock? Discover more facts, including how daily habits affect its health. Your liver works quietly around the clock, ...

Even slight weight gain strains vital organs, increasing risks of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and liver damage. Excess abdominal fat triggers insulin resistance and inflammation, impacting kidney ...

A new human liver organoid microarray developed by Cincinnati Children’s and Roche recreates immune-driven liver injury in the lab. Built from patient-derived stem cells and immune cells, it ...

A groundbreaking study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first-ever liver xenotransplant from a genetically modified pig to a human. The recipient, a 71-year-old man with advanced liver ...

Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into a person with cancer. Surgeons reported that the transplanted section of ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later. By Roni Caryn Rabin ...

Transplanting organs from non-human animals into people could revolutionise medicine, potentially saving thousands of lives that are lost while people wait for organs. Scientists have previously ...

You might be surprised to find out that liver disease isn’t only caused by heavy drinking. In fact, an increasing number of people are being diagnosed with liver disease from a much more common cause, ...

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) remains a challenge in drug development, and interspecies differences in liver toxicity represent a need where comparative analyses may inform preclinical safety study ...