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 ...

The patient lived with part of a pig liver for 38 days before surgeons removed it, surviving 171 total days after the ...

The global human liver model market was valued at USD 1.19 billion in 2023 and is projected to expand at a robust CAGR of 13.8% from 2024 to 2030, culminating in a market size of USD 3.19 billion by ...

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 ...

Artificial liver support systems can simulate some functions of a person’s liver. They can act as a bridge treatment for people with liver diseases until they recover or receive a transplant.

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) company that designs and manufactures single-and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today announced the ...

In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for ...

Gary Gray’s liver was failing. But doctors told him he might die waiting for a liver transplant, thanks to a policy change that disadvantaged Kansans and people from some other Southern and Midwestern ...

New rules requiring donated livers to be offered for transplant hundreds of miles away have benefited patients in New York, California, and more than a dozen other states at the expense of patients in ...