Chronic liver disease gets worse when the liver's immune system stays overactive, resulting in ongoing inflammation and ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, a state in which cells carry more than two sets of chromosomes. Their ...

Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions, ...

Researchers are developing functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting and stem cell technology to eliminate the ...

A diet high in fat is one of the strongest contributors to liver cancer risk. New research from MIT sheds light on why this ...

The liver removes toxins and other small molecules from the bloodstream, produces enzymes and other useful compounds that aid in digestion, and more. The liver uses cells called hepatocytes to ...

The study builds on recent USC research showing that, for adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery to manage obesity, a PFAS ...

The majority of human illnesses is caused by damage of a single organ like the liver whose failure accounts for 2M deaths worldwide every year. Orthotopic transplants are the only curative therapy ...

These synthetic compounds — known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS — could as much as triple the chances ...