Liver cancer is one of the world's deadliest cancers, and most cases are linked to chronic viral hepatitis. Yet scientists ...

The liver has a unique structure, especially at the level of individual cells. Hepatocytes, the main liver cells, release bile into tiny channels called bile canaliculi, which drain into the bile duct ...

A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over two million deaths worldwide each year. While animal models have helped to understand liver biology, they often fail to accurately ...

A novel technology enables the modeling of human liver transplantation in an experimental setting. A team of scientists, physicians, and engineers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and ...

A new liver-on-a-chip made from natural collagen could offer a more realistic model for drug screening, as well as for the study of pathological diseases such as liver cancer and cirrhosis. The new ...