The liver is a vital organ, crucial to digestion, metabolism and the elimination of toxins. It has a unique ability, ...

Liver cells, so-called hepatocytes, make up about 60 percent of the total cell number of the organ. They have important metabolic tasks and are active in detoxification and metabolism.

Researchers discovered a mechanism after acute liver damage occurs—and it could lead to treatments for those with severe ...

The global humanized liver mice model market is on a strong growth trajectory, fueled by the increasing prevalence of liver ...

Liver disease patients waiting for a transplant have been offered fresh hope. A new mechanism for rapid liver regeneration ...

To address this ... Ammonia Build-Up Kills Liver Cells but Can Be Prevented Using Existing Drug Mar. 7, 2025 — High levels of ammonia kill liver cells by damaging the mitochondria that power the ...

New research identifies the liver protein PTPRD as a key regulator of metabolic liver disease. Reduced levels of PTPRD disrupt glucose and lipid metabolism, promote liver fat accumulation, and impair ...

Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators of liver fibrosis—have a commanding ...

In a lab at Queen Mary University of London, a mouse was born whose existence defied conventional biology. It carried within ...