In July 2023, the federal Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) updated its Model for End-Stage Liver Disease to a new version, known as MELD 3.0, to better account for differences ...

Furthermore, conditions such as bacterial overgrowth, coexistent small intestinal disease (inflammatory bowel ... of various proteins from the affected liver, the diminished storage capacity ...

In addition to lowering serum cholesterol, statins have pleiotropic effects via their anti-inflammatory properties, which ...

The main early warning signs of liver disease include jaundice, dark urine, and fever. Stage 1 liver failure involves having a fatty and inflamed liver, also known as hepatitis. Symptoms can ...

Moylan and colleagues have discovered that since the introduction of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) for liver transplant allocation, ethnicity is no longer associated with access to ...

Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) are at high risk of bleeding with ...

The Biliary Epigenetics and Regenerative Medicine Lab of Robert C. Huebert, M.D., includes research programs and a biobank containing stem cells from patients with liver disease.

Damaged human livers can repair themselves. Even livers badly scarred from excessive alcohol use, including alcohol-related hepatitis and cirrhosis ...

Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) are at high risk of bleeding with traditional artificial liver ...