More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to ...

The tissue grafts have the potential to help thousands of Americans on transplant waitlists—amid a shortage of donor livers.

Scientists have developed injectable "mini livers" that can replicate liver function, potentially buying time for those with liver disease.

A research team led by Associate Professor Shinpei Yamaguchi and the late Professor Masako Tada of the Faculty of Science, together with Professor Yojiro Anzai and Lecturer Yohei Iizaka of the Faculty ...

More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant, but there are not ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have published data from a study designed to assess the role of serine-arginine-rich splicing factor 1 (SRSF1) in hepatocyte function and ...

Autophagy is indispensable for maintaining hepatocyte integrity, metabolic homeostasis, and survival. While several autophagy ...

The liver is the body's control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing fat and breaking down toxins. Over a third of the world, however, is ...