The liver’s unique metabolic and immunological profile makes this organ indispensable for a healthy life. Advances in the understanding of immunology hold the key to the future by making transplants ...

Tremendous progress has been made in understanding the immune responses in the liver. Here, Heymann and Tacke provide a comprehensive overview of liver immunology, from homeostasis to disease. The ...

Evaluation: Your healthcare team will evaluate you to see if you’re a good candidate for a liver transplant.This includes blood tests, imaging tests like CT scans or MRIs and discussions about your ...

The number of liver transplant procedures happening in the United States is rising. In fact, 2021 marked the ninth year in a row that the number of liver transplants increased. For the first time ...

After Transplant. After transplant you will begin learning all about your new liver, how to take care of it, how to prevent infection, your medications, and your clinic and lab schedule. The ...

This baby girl had a rare condition and needed a liver transplant in order to survive. Her dad became her donor — and saved her life.

Nationwide, alcohol-related liver disease is the most common reason for a liver transplant — around 41% of recipients in 2023 had alcohol-related liver disease as their primary diagnosis.

At the University of Kansas Medical Center, liver transplant volume fell about 40% in the first two years under the new allocation policy, costs increased about 15% per transplant, and the number ...

Colorado organ donor saves girl's life 03:20. While Emma was waiting for a liver back in Texas, her doctors recommended to her parents, Cole & Megan Guyer, that multi-listing might be a good idea ...

In 2013, Wang and his colleagues were the first in China to successfully transplant a pig liver into a monkey, which survived 14 days. The team said it has also done pig-to-monkey heart, kidney ...