Sensor Can Detect Scarred or Fatty Liver Tissue to Help Prevent Liver Failure
Diagnosing liver damage earlier could help to prevent liver failure in many patients. About 25 percent of the U.S. population suffers from fatty liver disease,…
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Mini Human Livers Grown in Lab Successfully Transplanted Into Rats
Using skin cells from human volunteers, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have created fully functional mini livers, which they then transplanted…
FDA Approved Drug Reverses Signs of Liver Disease in People Living With HIV
Tesamorelin prevented progression to liver fibrosis in NIH study. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in…
New Yale Research Reveals Insights into Alcoholic Liver Disease
A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has identified a novel mechanism that protects the liver against the accumulation of fats…
Japanese Scientists Use Pluripotent Cells to Create Functional Liver Tissue
Japanese scientists have been able to induce stem cells to create liver-like tissue in a dish. The new findings were reported online by the journal…