The connection between the human liver and the intestine is unique, and the “gut-liver axis” plays a vital role in regulating liver disease pathology. When homeostasis is disturbed, changes in dietary ...

For the first time, researchers have discovered that the accumulation of aged and failing cells, called senescent cells, in one diseased organ can spread to multiple healthy organs, causing them to ...

Immunity is not a function most people particularly associate with the liver. But because of its connection to the gut, the liver is exposed to bacterial metabolites as few other organs are. And when ...

An Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado team has performed the hospital’s and region’s first heart and liver dual-organ transplant.  Only 38 pediatric heart and liver dual-organ transplants have ...

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) successfully performed the hospital's first-ever heart and liver dual ...

As the immune system weakens with age, researchers have found a way to temporarily boost its function by reprogramming liver cells to support T-cell development.

In a rare and historic achievement, Children’s Hospital Colorado successfully completed its first dual heart and liver ...

As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can't react to pathogens as ...

While most people understand that excessive alcohol consumption harms the liver, the full extent of alcohol’s impact across the body remains largely underappreciated. The liquid that brings temporary ...

"Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death... Above all, I must not play at God." — Hippocratic Oath. I've come to understand that there are two waiting lists for people who ...