Liver

These understudied disorders afflict up to 25 million AmericansCredit: Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, Mich., October 16, 2019 - The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Michigan State University researcher a $2.1…

Credit: Image created by Lana Woolford, CIR Public Engagement & Communications Officer Researchers have discovered that a key cell type involved in liver injury and cancer consists of two cellular families with different…

Credit: Dr Toh Tan Boon, NUS N.1 Institute for Health Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The most common primary liver cancer in adults is known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and…

Alagille syndrome is a rare pediatric genetic disorder that can affect the liver, heart, kidneys, blood vessels, skeleton and other tissues. One major characteristic of this condition is abnormalities in the ducts that carry bile, a…

(Philadelphia, PA) - When it comes to repairing injured tissue, specialized cells in the body known as fibroblasts are called into action. Fibroblasts give rise to healing cells called myofibroblasts, which generally is good in the short…

Findings outline fundamental cellular process for the first time, enabling future studies of how macrophage malfunction contributes to liver diseaseCredit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UC San Diego …

Increases fatty-liver disease risk and metabolic syndromeCredit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (October 1, 2019) - Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have found that high levels of fructose in the diet inhibit the liver's…

While blood samples can reliably identify people with a low risk of developing severe liver disease, better methods are needed in primary care for identifying people in most need of care. These are some of the conclusions of a large…

World's leading experts gather in Seville to discuss the fastest growing health epidemic in Europe now affecting 1 in 4 peopleCredit: EASL 26 September 2019 - Seville, Spain The Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease prevalence in Europe is…

Consuming cornstarch every few hours has been the only available option for survivalCredit: Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health At the Association for Glycogen Storage Disease's 41st Annual Conference, Dr. David Weinstein of UConn School…