Civil Hospital marks retrieval of 200 kidneys, 100 livers – ET HealthWorld
Ahmedabad: On Friday, the Civil Hospital in the city achieved a landmark of retrieving 200 kidneys and 100 livers through cadaver…
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World Liver Day: Top Foods And Habits To Support Your Liver’s Vitality
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…
Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a…
Ancient disease has potential to regenerate livers
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…
ACS: Livers Have Potential to Function for >100 Years
Physician’s Briefing Staff
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A subset of livers that have been transplanted and have a cumulative age of at…
Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
Dennis Thompson
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Some human livers are tougher than others, lasting more than 100 cumulative years between the…
Researchers Develop Machine That Can Preserve Human Livers Outside Body
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…
Unusual Hepatitis Spreads; IBD and Erectile Dysfunction; Can PFAS Harm Livers?
A dozen countries and six U.S. states have now reported unexplained acute hepatitis cases in…
Yoghurt and Diet Soda can Impair Liver’s Ability to Flush Out Toxins
These disrupt the function of a protein that plays a vital role in liver detoxification and the metabolism of certain drugs.
"Many people don't realize…
Opinion | Donor Livers Must Go to Our Sickest Patients
Liver transplants save lives. I know because my life was saved by one.
As a liver transplant…