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The liver is one of the largest solid organs of the body. It is located in the upper right part of the abdomen. Most of the organ lies under cover of the rib cage.

NETosis in COVID-19 and MIS-C

A new study investigates the role played by neutrophil extracellular traps formation and degradation in COVID-19.

7 Mar 2022

New, highly promising strategy to overcome a key cause of cancer deaths

A research team led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has devised a novel and highly promising strategy for overcoming a key cause of cancer deaths: the ability of cancer cells to thrive in the face of chemotherapy drugs designed to destroy them.

7 Mar 2022

High-fat diet combined with liquid fructose intake accelerates fat accumulation in the liver

A high-fat diet is not enough to cause short-term fatty liver disease. However, if this diet is combined with the intake of beverages sweetened with liquid fructose, the accumulation of fats in the liver accelerates and hypertriglyceridemia —a cardiovascular risk factor— can appear.

4 Mar 2022

Consuming wine with meals linked to lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes

An analysis of health data for nearly 312,400 current drinkers suggests consuming alcohol, most notably wine, with meals is associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022.

4 Mar 2022

Long or irregular menstrual cycles may be linked with increased risk of NAFLD

Women with long or irregular periods are known to have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but researchers found these women may also be at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

3 Mar 2022

Incidence and outcomes of breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in vaccinated chronic liver disease patients

A new study assesses breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in vaccinated CLD patients with cirrhosis as compared to CLD patients without cirrhosis.

3 Mar 2022

COVID-19 severity is correlated with body composition

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the effect of changes in the abdominal well-being and physique on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

28 Feb 2022

Exercise may help reduce the risk of blood clots in patients with aggressive form of NAFLD

Exercise may help certain patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) reduce their risk of developing blood clots, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

28 Feb 2022

Discovery could lead to new treatment approach for people with alcohol-associated liver disease

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a new pathway that helps explain how consuming too much alcohol causes damage to the liver, specifically mitochondrial dysfunction in alcohol-associated liver disease.

22 Feb 2022

Livers of men with hepatic diseases undergo sex-change

The livers of men diagnosed with hepatic diseases change sex as part of a potential self-protective mechanism, according to University of Queensland research.

21 Feb 2022

Treatment with direct-acting antivirals reduces emergency visits, hospitalizations among hepatitis C patients

Researchers at Henry Ford Health System, as part of a national hepatitis C collaborative, report that patients with chronic hepatitis C who are treated with direct-acting antiviral medicines are less likely to be hospitalized or seek emergency care for liver and non-liver related health issues.

21 Feb 2022

Researchers highlight the extent to which NAFLD and diabetes jointly occur worldwide

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become an epidemic, similar to the non-communicable diseases cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

18 Feb 2022

Gut microbial signatures associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes

A new study identified microbial signatures which predicted the onset of type 2 diabetes during nearly 16 years of follow-up in a large Finnish population cohort.

16 Feb 2022

Transformational $104 million gift will help VCU to expand treatment options for liver diseases

Virginia Commonwealth University will radically expand treatment options for liver and liver-related metabolic diseases thanks to a historic, transformational $104 million gift from Richard Todd Stravitz, M.D., and his family's Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation.

15 Feb 2022

Researchers generate stable cell lines capable of producing various hepatitis B virus genotypes

A new study created stable cell lines capable of producing different genotypes of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), advancing understanding of each type's distinct virological features, treatment responses, and infectivity that could lead to new therapies against a virus infecting humans as far back as 4,500 years ago.

15 Feb 2022

Discovery may lead to new treatment approach for people with alcohol-associated liver disease

14 Feb 2022

Hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis discovered

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis, and which may shed light on why some patients respond better than others to current therapies.

14 Feb 2022

New class of compounds can improve multiple aspects of metabolic syndrome, mice study shows

A study in mice -; led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis -; shows that a new class of compounds the scientists developed can improve multiple aspects of metabolic syndrome.

12 Feb 2022

Liver cirrhosis has higher hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates in Germany

In Germany, liver cirrhosis has the highest mortality rate of any chronic disease requiring hospital admission. When diagnosed as a comorbidity of other chronic diseases, liver cirrhosis at least doubles the mortality rate.