Doctors in Northwest China have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver fully into a human body, achieving ...

Salk scientists have found that eliminating the bile acid-producing protein BAAT and supplementing with the bile acid UDCA ...

China has successfully performed the world's first gene-edited pig xenotransplantation surgery for whole liver transplantation in a brain-dead patient, achieving the complete replacement of a human ...

Transplantation of liver tissue from living donors has been ... The team has then extended the same approach to generate adult human CLiPs from infant donors, publishing their results in eLife ...

Your liver is the largest internal organ in your body -- and has a bunch of important jobs to do. It filters out dangerous chemicals, helps break down the food you eat, and builds proteins that ...

I understand this attitude. After all, the human liver – roughly the same size and shape as a rugby ball – is the very organ that breaks down alcohol, so it can be processed from the body.

scientists at the Salk Institute took a closer look at how the immune system and liver interact. While studying mouse and ...

It demonstrates the potential of organ-on-a-chip technology to simulate the human liver's blood vessels, allowing for a better understanding of how immune cells navigate the blood stream and cross ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, is a widespread health issue impacting about 25% of the global population.