Design The effects of palbociclib on cell proliferation, cellular senescence and cell death were investigated in a panel of human liver cancer cell lines, in ex vivo human HCC samples, in a ...

The signs of liver failure occur in stages, starting with early symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, itchiness, and yellowing of the eyes or skin (jaundice). As it progresses, you may experience loss of ...

The overarching interest of my lab’s research program has been to understand mechanisms of susceptibility to disease by working with human cohorts. A focus area is the role of the microbiome and ...

The 47-year-old Queens resident received a heart, kidney and liver at North Shore University Hospital on Feb. 8, during the first-ever triple transplant of those organs on Long Island ...

Liver disease is a broad term that can describe any issue that damages the liver and affects its function. Possible causes include infections, genetic conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancer ...

David Stanbridge had just finished a round of golf with his father-in-law for his birthday last July. He then noticed a “dark spot” on his arm, but brushed it aside, believing it was an insect bite.

In a video she posted Friday on Instagram, the 34-year-old comedian revealed that a recent PET scan detected "spots on my liver that were a little suspicious." After undergoing another biopsy ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

Acetaminophen, one of the most widely used painkillers in the world, can cause liver damage in those who rely too heavily on it. “I actually witnessed a resident have to be taken to the ...

A Chinese research team has successfully completed the world's first transplant of a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead human, with the organ showing good physiological function, Xinhua ...

Representational image: In a 50-year-old brain-dead recipient, the transplanted liver survived and performed basic functions for more than a week. The wait for a life-saving organ is agonizing.

A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally for the duration of the investigation with no signs of rejection. For 10 days, the liver performed its basic ...