The liver is the only solid organ that uses regenerative mechanisms to ensure that the liver-to-bodyweight ratio is always at 100% of what is required for body homeostasis. When the liver is injured ...

While the amazing regenerative power of the liver has been known since ancient times, the cells responsible for maintaining and replenishing the liver have remained a mystery. Now, research from the ...

In the image, stem cells are labeled in red and green around the central vein of the liver, and they give rise to progeny (in green) that expand across the lobule. This image is from a mouse that was ...

Gene expression was assessed in individual liver cells from mice that were infected with the rodent-specific form of the malaria parasite. This revealed that infections of cells in the inner zones of ...

Scientists at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, have uncovered that the expression of many liver genes is dually ...

While the amazing regenerative power of the liver has been known since ancient times, the cells responsible for maintaining and replenishing the liver have remained a mystery. Now, research from the ...