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 ...

Using human induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers have built a miniature 3D liver model that replicates the critical interaction between hepatocytes and stellate cells. As chronic liver disease ...

A novel 3D cell culture method has been developed that encourages liver progenitor cells to self-organize and form blood vessel networks for the first time. The development of accurate liver organoids ...

Scientists have found that combining silybin with carvedilol works far better against liver fibrosis than either drug alone.

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

MIT researchers have developed an experimental mRNA-based therapy that restored key immune functions lost with age in mice.

Scientists identify measurable cellular changes that flag higher cancer risk more than a decade before tumors appear. In A ...

A high-fat diet does more than overload the liver with fat. New research from MIT shows that prolonged exposure to fatty ...