The university's scientists have received a $28.5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a transplantable 3D-printed liver patch. The initiative ...

Carnegie Mellon received $28.5 million to develop liver tissue bioprinting, with hopes it can reduce the need for transplants ...

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 ...

Scientists from Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have successfully tested adeno-associated viral vector-based (AAV) gene therapies in whole human livers in the lab. The study, which is ...

As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have discovered a new way to rejuvenate a key component of immune function, ...

Every January, the same wave of "detox" promises rolls in. Juice cleanses, detox teas, charcoal capsules and liver "resets" ...

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The ...

Many popular detox trends, including juice cleanses, detox teas, and certain supplements, offer no proven benefits and can ...

Some high-dose detox “natural” supplements, such as green tea extract, can lead to liver inflammation, reflected in elevated ...

University of Pennsylvania doctors hooked a genetically-modified pig liver up to a brain-dead patient and were able to have the organ successfully filter the man’s blood for 72 hours, according to the ...