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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s transplant network is taking a long-awaited step to ease a serious disparity: Where you live affects whether you get a timely liver transplant or die waiting. Desperate ...

ITASCA - Organ Recovery Systems announced the first liver transplants using its new transporter device. The surgeries were done at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey and Northwestern Memorial ...

I have been a transplant surgeon since 2019, but my journey with the transplant system began at the age of 2, when I was diagnosed with a progressive liver condition. With very few organs available ...

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 ...

"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 ...