Livers

When it comes to our health, we pay due attention to our vital organs like heart and brain. Liver, however, is a part of our body we often tend to neglect but which is also crucial for good health. The second largest organ in our body,…

The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it’s semi-translucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through. This is a pig liver that’s gradually…

Leprosy is one of the world's oldest and most persistent diseases but the bacteria that cause it may also have the surprising ability to grow and regenerate a vital organ. Scientists have discovered that parasites associated with leprosy…

In a first, researchers have been able to preserve and repair a human liver, which was considered too damaged for transplant, in a machine over three days and then implanted the recovered organ into a cancer patient. Their success is set…

Artificial sweeteners - like those used in diet soda - may hurt the liver's ability to detoxify and even to process certain medication, study findsSome artificial sweeteners used in products like diet sodas can hurt the liver's…

The liver is one of the most important organs in our body. It not only cleanses but also detoxifies the body. A malfunctioning liver may make the body vulnerable to dangerous health conditions. Repeated deterioration of the digestive system…

The mayor of a Polish town appealed for organ donors on Monday after two children evacuated from Afghanistan fell so ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they need liver transplants.“We are all moved by the news of the accidental mushroom…