Rather than ask “What does the liver do,” you might ask “What doesn’t the liver do?” That’s how active the liver is, with its hundreds of vital functions that have essential impacts on all organs and ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

This version, especially delicious in its own way, follows in a long history of the dish, swapping in fresh green beans and walnuts for the liver. This vegetarian dip works well as a first course for ...

Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic and progressive disease in which healthy liver cells are slowly replaced by scar tissue, severely impairing vital liver functions such as detoxification, hormone ...