The substance piling up in blocked arteries is known as atheroma or plaque. It mainly comprises excess 'bad' cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), fatty substances, cellular waste, calcium, and fibrin (a ...

Liver Blood Vessels Trigger 'Sleep Timer' to Inactivate Immune Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B. 11mo. In chronic hepatitis B, ...

Scientists from Cincinnati Children's and colleagues based in Japan report achieving a major step forward in organoid ...

Fatty liver occurs when excess fat builds up in liver cells, often linked to obesity. High blood pressure strains arteries, raising heart disease risk. Skip to main content ...

Thus, with hepatic-artery infusion, the advantageous situation exists in which the normal liver cells detoxify the compound, protecting the rest of the body from systemic toxicity.

A liver transplant was performed in a woman, aged 41 years, with advanced primary biliary cirrhosis. Prior to surgery, her investigations included a contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan ...

Fred Hutch Cancer Center's Hepatic artery infusion (HAI) therapy is a focused option that delivers high-dose chemotherapy directly to liver tumors. It relies on a small pump under the skin that sends ...

Hepatic veins are blood vessels that return low-oxygen blood from your liver back to the heart. The veins are key players in the supply chain that moves the blood that delivers nutrients and ...

This 3D animation shows an advanced liver organoid capable of forming its own internal blood vessels. Using a multilayered gel process, researchers coaxed vessel-forming sinusoidal cells (bright green ...

Hepatic artery infusion (HAI) therapy offers a new approach for people whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver. It allows physicians to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver at doses up ...

Discover which teas nourish your liver and which brews could harm it as hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips reveals the best and worst teas for liver health Read on to know more!