- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 25th, 2015
16-Year-Old Girl Gets Hepatitis from Drinking Too Much Green Tea
She drank the tea because she wanted to lose weight
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 15th, 2015
Sit Too Much and Odds Are You'll Get Liver Disease
Study finds evidence sitting too much affects the liver
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 17th, 2015
Researchers Build Bionic Livers to Test Drug Toxicity
Such science-made organs are intended to replace lab animals
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 20th, 2015
Scientists Develop Artificial Liver Made from Pig Cells
The artificial liver is an alternative to transplantation
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 13th, 2015
Man Insists He's Turning Black Following Liver Transplant Surgery
It's because he got an African-American liver, he says
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 5th, 2015
Liver Cirrhosis Affects 633,000 Adults in the US Annually
What's worrying is that, of the people to develop liver cirrhosis, 69% probably don't even know they have this problem
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 15th, 2014
Coffee Can Help Overweight and Obese Individuals Stay Healthy
Study finds compound in coffee can stave off some of the damaging effects of being overweight or obese
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 25th, 2014
How Your Tonsils Could Repair Your Damaged Liver
Scientists say it might be possible to use stem cells derived from tonsils to repair damaged livers, no surgery needed
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 1st, 2014
Heavy Drinking Found to Damage the Lungs
The liver is not the only organ affected by one too many sips of wine
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 30th, 2014
Livers Kept Viable Outside the Body for Several Days in a Row
New supercooling technique promises to boost the popularity of organ transplant surgeries
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 5th, 2014
Weight Loss Surgery Cuts Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Bariatric surgery patients have cancer rates similar to those of normal weight people
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 5th, 2014
Weight-Loss Surgery Found to Benefit the Liver
Bariatric surgery reduces liver inflammation, reverses early-stage fibrosis
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 29th, 2013
Key Part of Hepatitis C Virus Imaged in Great Detail
Knowing its structure could help experts develop a vaccine
- 3D Printing
- By Lucian Parfeni
- November 11th, 2013
3D Printed Human Liver Lives for 40 Days – Video
There's huge potential for 3D printed and artificially grown human tissue
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 16th, 2013
Some People’s Liver “Eats” Their Brain, New Evidence Suggests
Researchers suspect this ups memory loss and dementia risk
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 27th, 2013
Conjoined Twins Separated in Groundbreaking Surgery
6-month-old A'zhari and A'zhiah are now in stable condition, doctors say
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 26th, 2013
Liver Hormone Might Render Insulin Injections Obsolete
Experiments on mice suggest betatrophin could revolutionize type 2 diabetes treatment