Liver failure is one of the most serious and deadly medical conditions, claiming thousands of lives each year as patients in ...

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 ...

A team of researchers led by bioengineer Shaochen Chen will use 3D printing techniques to shape stem cells produced by local firm Allele Biotechnology ...

A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally for the duration of the investigation with no signs of rejection. For 10 days, the liver performed its basic ...

The human liver plays a pivotal role in drug metabolism, largely attributable to the diverse family of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) that catalyse glucuronidation reactions. This conjugation ...

The funding, part of a new ARPA-H bioprinting initiative, aims to create transplant-ready organs—potentially within ...

Toxic “forever chemicals” are altering human liver function at a fundamental level by triggering both fat accumulation and cancer-linked cell damage, a new study has found. Several of these compounds, ...

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed with brain death. During a 10-day observation period, the porcine liver ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

New MIT research is revealing how long-term high-fat diets may prime liver cells for cancer by forcing them into survival ...

A high-fat diet does more than overload the liver with fat. New research from MIT shows that prolonged exposure to fatty ...