Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type…
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Investigators have found that the gene Asah1 plays a crucial protective role in preventing the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver…
Read More » The Rice University lab of bioengineer Gang Bao and collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have developed a new…
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Drinking alcohol if you have a large belly or diabetes more than doubles the risk of serious liver damage, while…
Read More » For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based…
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Read More » Like many rare diseases, fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FLC) mounts a ferocious attack against an unlucky few — in this case,…
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