A genetically modified porcine liver has been successfully transplanted into a human subject, constituting a historic precedent in the field of organ transplantation. The liver demonstrated functional ...

A human liver deemed not viable for transplant has been repaired by an innovative perfusion machine and subsequently transplanted into a patient who continues to do well a year after the ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

The human body heavily depends on the liver for optimal health, because it serves as one of its essential organs, that ...

The liver is one of the most hardworking organs in the human body. From filtering toxins and metabolising nutrients to ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but ...

A team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have identified a pathway to help the human body defend itself ...

“We have known [for a long time] that the liver will regenerate after injury,” biologist Udayan Apte, associate director of the University of Kansas Liver Center, tells Inverse. “We know now [from ...