Creating a drug that might help treat or cure a health condition in humans is a long, complex process. After developing a ...

Dr. Vadim Jucaud's lab at the Terasaki Institute has developed a vascularized liver tissueoid-on-a-chip (LToC) platform that ...

In a new study, researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, have utilized bile acids as farnesoid X receptor agonists to develop unique hepatic organoids that are capable of sustained, ...

Long before birth, the prenatal liver fosters the stem cells that will power our blood and immune systems for a lifetime. The fetal liver functions like a finely tuned incubator, providing the perfect ...

The Trade-off Between Physiological Authenticity and Experimental Convenience: Navigating the Cellular Foundation of ...

A novel 3D cell culture method has been developed that encourages liver progenitor cells to self-organize and form blood vessel networks for the first time. The development of accurate liver organoids ...

Tylenol overdose is one of the leading causes of liver injury requiring liver transplantation. Elena Merkulova/iStock via Getty Images The liver is known for its ability to regenerate. It can ...

Histological section of an FLC tumor, showing the stromal (left), normal (center), and tumor (right) cells. The colors correspond to gene markers identified for different cell types. Like many rare ...

Immunotherapy – which activates the body's own immune system to kill cancer cells – has not worked well against a rare and ...