In general, chemotherapy medications work by attacking cells or by preventing them from growing and dividing. Cancer cells tend to grow and divide rapidly and uncontrollably, and many chemotherapy ...

Cirrhosis is a condition in which scar tissue gradually replaces your healthy liver cells. It usually happens over a long period, often due to hepatitis, alcohol use disorder, or metabolic ...

What Is an Inflamed Liver? Inflammation is the body's way to heal an injury or damaged cells. In the liver, this injury can be caused by many things, including an infection, toxins, or the buildup ...

“These viruses can cause cell death, and chronic infections can lead to scarring, or fibrosis,” says Sudha Kodali, MD, a hepatologist in Sugar Land, Texas, and a volunteer for the American ...

East Asia Braces for Trump 2.0 Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images East Asia Braces for Trump 2.0 Feb 4, 2025 Takatoshi Ito warns America’s key regional allies to be prepared to make ...

Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing process characterized by a loss of liver architecture, attendant functional failure and the development of life-threatening complications (Friedman, 2008). Activated ...

Finally, the effects of an miR-222 precursor or inhibitor on the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (CDKN1B) and the growth of LX-2 cells were determined. Results It was found that miR ...

Methods The fibrotic specimens of patients and HLF (hepatic leukemia factor) PB/PB mice were used to assess the expression and role of HLF in liver fibrosis. Primary murine hepatic stellate cells ...

It feels like the Splinter Cell remake has been on its way for a while now, which isn't helped by the fact it's been over three years since we heard anything official about the game. From what we ...

Akero Therapeutics reported Monday strong results from a nearly two-year, placebo-controlled study showing its drug efruxifermin reversed liver scarring in patients with cirrhosis caused by the ...

This suggests these cells may be useful as new therapeutic targets for various liver conditions. The work appears in the journal Immunity. The specific functions of these cells in the context of ...