If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

In patients developing end-stage liver disease, the damage has become too severe for the liver's normally extraordinary ...

UCLA researchers have identified a rogue population of immune cells that quietly accumulates in aging tissues and in the ...

Scientists have developed a functional human hepatic tissue in a mouse host. The human hepatic tissue, in the mice, is composed of human hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells (NPCs) including human ...

UPMC and University of Pittsburgh clinician-scientists have weaned and kept multiple liver transplantation patients off of all immunosuppressant drugs for more than three years through a ...

The liver is the only internal organ that can regenerate itself. Remarkably, even if 70 percent of the liver is removed, its tissue can regrow into a full-sized organ within a matter of months. By ...

Human periportal assembloid, showcasing the three key cell types of the liver: portal fibroblasts (magenta), cholangiocytes (green), and hepatocyte nuclei (blue). All cell borders are delineated in ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

A US biotechnology company has 3D printed a tiny functioning liver in the lab that survived just over five days -- more than twice the life expectancy of 2D versions. Presenting the results at the ...

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 ...