Professor Yohan Kim of Sungkyunkwan University and the Max Planck Institute research team recreated the structure and ...

Differentiated hepatocyte organoids formed networks of small canals that allowed bile acid to pass, in a manner similar to human tissue. While organoids aim to mimic human organs, the liver’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

By recreating a fetal liver niche, FLOs show how liver and immune cells co-develop. Learn more about new groundbreaking ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and ...

An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world's first auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient. The ...

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

A high-fat diet forces liver cells to adapt for survival rather than function, creating metabolic stress that affects ...

One of the challenges with liver disease is that it can be a silent threat. In its early stages, it may cause only vague symptoms like constant fatigue or nausea.