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 ...

He received a liver transplant in 2023, which has given him back the ability to live his life. The couple attended an Intermountain Health event on April 23 to advocate for organ donation and ...

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 ...

With the transplant numbers rising, questions about what to expect after a liver transplant are becoming more common. More individuals wonder how they can help support a friend or family member ...

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.

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 ...

Liver transplant plus chemotherapy offers a potential cure for carefully selected patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases, new data suggest. News & Perspective Tools & Reference CME/CE.

Dr. James Burton, a liver transplant expert in Colorado, said this is a new and alarming shift. A decade ago, it was mostly men in their 50s and 60s who needed liver transplants, he noted.

The liver transplant waitlist is somewhere around 80,00 to 90,000 patients, and we are adding patients every year or every day to that waitlist,” said Dr. Subramanian.

She said there is an 18% 30-day mortality rate; and mortality was lowest in those with set-ups who can offer a Liver Transplantation. "Liver transplant is lifesaving. Imagine how many people are ...

Chinese researchers are reporting two new steps in the quest for pig-to-human organ transplants: a successful pig kidney transplant and an experiment with a pig liver.

The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and liver proteins inside the brain-dead transplant recipient, researchers report March 26 in Nature.