Many biological processes exhibit daytime differences governed by rhythmic exposure to sunlight, termed circadian rhythms. Researchers at Penn State recently found, in mice, that a protein critical to ...

Using human liver samples and a mouse model of cirrhosis, researchers identified epigenetic overactivation of the inflammatory PAF–PAF-R pathway in hepatic macrophages as a key driver of liver damage.

The liver is an extraordinary organ. It detoxifies the body every day without needing a cleanse, a tea or a reset.

Your liver performs over 500 essential functions every single day, yet most people remain completely unaware when this vital organ begins failing until damage reaches catastrophic levels that may be ...

Assessing the toxicity of food contaminants—including carcinogenic potential—is a major challenge in evaluating the risks ...

The liver produces bile, which the intestine uses for digestion. For the transport of bile, the liver relies on a network of microscopic tubings, known as bile canaliculi, formed by liver cells called ...

Discover how a miniature model of the human liver can help improve toxicology testing for food contaminants, reducing the ...