Chronic hepatitis B infects 250 to 300 million people worldwide and kills one million every year. The standard treatment cures fewer than one in a hundred.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Most treatments slow its progression. Repair Biotechnologies is trying to reverse it by targeting excess cholesterol directly inside liver cells.
The liver performs dozens of functions simultaneously, but how its structure is organized to make that possible was never fully visible.
Deep inside the aging liver, a rogue population of immune cells is fueling chronic inflammation and driving disease.
Periodic fasting has been promoted for years as a powerful way to improve metabolism. But how the body actually responds differs sharply between organs.
Hidden inside the livers of people with fatty liver disease is a population of immune cells that have biologically aged — and are fuelling a slow, smouldering inflammation that makes everything worse…
Older people are more likely to see their cancer spread to other organs. Researchers now have a molecular explanation: aging liver cells leak tiny packages of genetic material that make tumors elsewhere…