The liver is the body's control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing ...

One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key ...

The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead, and it “functioned very well in the human body” for 10 days, the researchers said. The blood flow to the organ was good ...

FDA approves first human trial to transplant pig livers, offering hope for patients with severe liver failure.

Massachusetts-based researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver ...

“The heart functions as a pump to pump blood to the whole human body, and the major function of the kidney is to produce urine,” he said. “However, the liver has so many functions. It has ...

(CNN) — Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was ...