HHMI researchers solve a longstanding mystery about the origin of new cells in the liver. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have identified stem cells in the liver that give rise to ...

New research suggests restoring stellate cells to their healthy and protective state could simultaneously reduce liver scarring and improve liver function.

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers from the German Cancer Research ...

stimulates liver cells to release glucose into the blood Antibodies Part of the immune system. They are produced by white blood cells and can bind to specific bacteria and viruses to label them ...

Matched tumor-to-nontumor (liver, spleen, muscle) activity concentration ratios ... Planar gamma camera image of [131I]-FIAU-labeled T cells 4 days post-injection in a SCID mouse, bearing a matched ...