The connection between the human liver and the intestine is unique, and the “gut-liver axis” plays a vital role in regulating liver disease pathology. When homeostasis is disturbed, changes in dietary ...

For the first time, researchers have discovered that the accumulation of aged and failing cells, called senescent cells, in one diseased organ can spread to multiple healthy organs, causing them to ...

Immunity is not a function most people particularly associate with the liver. But because of its connection to the gut, the liver is exposed to bacterial metabolites as few other organs are. And when ...

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) successfully performed the hospital's first-ever heart and liver dual organ transplant, with support from dozens of team members across 25 different ...

As the immune system weakens with age, scientists have found a way to restore some of its lost strength. By delivering mRNA ...

While most people understand that excessive alcohol consumption harms the liver, the full extent of alcohol’s impact across the body remains largely underappreciated. The liquid that brings temporary ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

John Lewis and his partner, Ava Williamson, at the Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., on Oct. 31, 2022. Lewis must travel 180 miles to Birmingham at least once a month to undergo ...

New rules requiring donated livers to be offered for transplant hundreds of miles away have benefited patients in New York, California, and more than a dozen other states at the expense of patients in ...

"Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death... Above all, I must not play at God." — Hippocratic Oath. I've come to understand that there are two waiting lists for people who ...