Excessive alcohol consumption can disrupt the liver's unique regenerative abilities by trapping cells in limbo between their functional and regenerative states, even after a patient stops drinking, ...

A new process could help to treat liver disease without needing an organ transplant, a new study reveals. Hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs) can help to repair the liver, but they often don't stick well ...

The aging liver undergoes dramatic changes in its functional organization and other key attributes, which may underpin its increasing susceptibility to disease, according to a study led by ...

A new study has shown that alcohol intake can interfere with the natural regenerative abilities of the liver. Alcohol can keep cells in a kind of limbo between a functional or regenerative state, even ...

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Affects 30-40% of U.S. Adults, Driving Significant Market Need for BioHarvest's Future Olive Cell Product Targeting Liver Health Vancouver, British Columbia ...

A novel 3D cell culture method has been developed that encourages liver progenitor cells to self-organize and form blood vessel networks for the first time. The development of accurate liver organoids ...

In a new study, researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, have utilized bile acids as farnesoid X receptor agonists to develop unique hepatic organoids that are capable of sustained, ...

Liver transplant is a lifesaving surgery, but a significant number of patients experience organ rejection or other complications. A study by scientists at Georgetown University and MedStar Health has ...

What if cutting off a tumor’s fat supply could also rally the immune system to join the fight? Liver cancer fueled by fatty liver disease is on the rise, and with low survival rates, new treatment ...