A new study reveals how a critical imbalance in bile acids—the substances made by the liver that help digest fats—can trigger ...

Bile is a body fluid produced by the liver that has a digestive and an excretion function. Bile could collect disease biomarkers released from the biliary tract or surrounding tissues, such as the ...

There are trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, and we are starting to learn more about the exact mechanisms ...

Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids ...

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered a surprising new role for gut bacteria: producing bile acids that can ...

The transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from pigs into monkeys, including a pig heart, kidney, cornea, and bone. The ...

Explore the breakthroughs in liver organoid research. Discover how cryopreserved cells reshape studies on liver regeneration.

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have created human stem cell-derived liver organoids capable of repairing damaged organs.