POSTS TAGGED AS liver

Creating a Living Liver Model

“In this work, we [at University of Sydney] describe the application of whole human liver explants in an ex situ [MORE]

Silencing the Bad Cholesterol Gene

Durable and efficient gene silencing in vivo by hit-and-run epigenome editing
“[We, at San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan, [MORE]

Promoting Liver Regeneration

Promoting liver regeneration
“[Researchers at Boston University] propose vascular-endothelial-growth-factor A (VEGFA) as a therapeutic means to accelerate biliary epithelial-cell (BEC)-to-hepatocyte conversion. [MORE]

“Inflammaging”

Resolvin D2–G-protein coupled receptor 18 enhances bone marrow function and limits steatosis and hepatic collagen accumulation in aging
“Aging is associated [MORE]

Gene Editing for Familial Hypercholesterolemia

One-off gene-editing treatment lowers inherited bad cholesterol levels
“In heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), people inherit one gene that results in very [MORE]

MicroRNA-22 Gene Therapy for Liver Cancer

miR-22 gene therapy treats HCC by promoting anti-tumor immunity and enhancing metabolism
“Our [researchers at the University of California Davis] data [MORE]

Protecting the Liver in Reperfusion

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“New findings from a study lead by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have described a pathway [MORE]

The Organ Farm

The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs
“The entrepreneur explained her plans with the help of an architect’s rendering [MORE]

Growing Mini Livers in Lymph Nodes

Clinical trial will have patients grow multiple mini-livers internally
“Rather than replacing the liver, the technique would involve growing entirely new [MORE]

Keeping Transplantable Organs Viable

A new storage technique could vastly expand the number of livers available
“A patient who received a donated liver that had [MORE]

The Mystery of the Self-Regenerating Liver

Diploid hepatocytes drive physiological liver renewal in adult humans
“Using retrospective radiocarbon (14C) birth dating of cells, we [Center for Regenerative [MORE]

Histotripsy: Ultrasound Ablation of Liver Tumors

The 700kHz, 260-element histotripsy ultrasound array transducer
“Histotripsy is the first non-ionizing and non-thermal ablation technique that uses ultrasound technology to [MORE]

Ultrasound Therapy for Diabetes

Diabetes successfully treated using ultrasound in preclinical study
“That pulses of focused ultrasound applied to the hepatoportal neural plexus can restore [MORE]

Clinical Trial of Gene Silencing Therapy

Novel siRNA Targeting lowers elevated Lipoprotein(a) production in Individuals in a clinical trial
From the Cleveland Clinic and collaborating international researchers: [MORE]