Researchers in China have carried out the first transplant of a pig liver, genetically modified to prevent immune rejection, into a brain-dead human patient. The transplant functioned for 10 days ...

There have been outbreaks in Europe linked to consuming foods that carry higher risk such as smoked sausage and pig-based products made from liver. Pig liver has a very high risk for HEV ...

Mar. 24, 2025 — A comprehensive study shows that people with fatty liver disease have almost twice the mortality rate of the general population. They have an increased risk of dying from both ...

Fatty liver disease by itself is unlikely to cause sudden death. However, it can cause complications that can potentially lead to death. The liver is the body’s primary detoxifying organ.

Liver diseases are any diseases that affect the functioning of the liver. Liver diseases can be inherited (such as Wilson disease and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency) or acquired (for example ...

The liver is located ... hormones, and anatomy. People are most often assigned male or female at birth based on their external anatomy; some people do not fit into that sex binary and are intersex.

Duke clinicians and patients discuss how approaches such as talk, music, and art therapy can address psychosocial issues that cancer survivors often face. Beyond Cancer: Building Bridges Experts ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a team of surgeons in China has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human patient declared brain-dead. This milestone in the ...

(In the weekly Health Matters newsletter, Ramya Kannan writes about getting to good health, and staying there. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter in your inbox.) Ironically, in a ...

Drug-induced hepatitis is an example of acute liver inflammation, as it will resolve once the offending drug is stopped. The same is seen with hepatitis A, which will spontaneously clear once the ...

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