More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to ...

Differentiated hepatocyte organoids formed networks of small canals that allowed bile acid to pass, in a manner similar to human tissue. While organoids aim to mimic human organs, the liver’s ...

While organoids aim to mimic human organs, the liver's repertoire of complex functions – and thus the energy it needs to operate – have made it challenging for researchers to grow organoids that ...

More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant, but there are not enough donated organs for all of those patients. Additionally, many people ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have published data from a study designed to assess the role of serine-arginine-rich splicing factor 1 (SRSF1) in hepatocyte function and ...

Solute carrier (SLC) family transporters are crucial transmembrane proteins responsible for transporting various molecules, including amino acids, electrolytes, fatty acids, and nucleotides. To date, ...

What am I looking at? This is a single human hepatocyte. Its two nuclei are in blue (1). The other colors in this image are stains of the actin protein and are depth-coded, with red being the closest ...

The liver is the body's control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing fat and breaking down toxins. Over a third of the world, however, is ...

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to handle a major surgery. That gap is why an idea that sounds a little strange ...