Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how.

An illustration of the results of the trans-omic analysis. Allosteric regulation, which controls metabolism, decreased in typical mice during feeding (thin blue arrow, left) and increased during ...

Scientists have developed injectable "mini livers" that can replicate liver function, potentially buying time for those with liver disease.

A Rutgers-led study found that eating less protein may help slow liver cancer in people with impaired liver function. When ...

From fast-food to ultra-processed snacks, a high-fat diet eaten over the long term may trigger biological changes in the liver that could raise the risk of cancer. Researchers from the Massachusetts ...

LFT slightly high. There is no pain. No yellowing of the eyes. No weakness. So it is easy to brush it aside. But the liver rarely shouts in the beginning. It whispers.Liver Function Tests, or LFTs, ...

Illustration of the treatment of a liver failure patient using ex vivo perfusion with a six-gene-edited pig liver Photo: Courtesy of Xijing Hospital. Chinese researchers have achi ...

Many people discover they have fatty liver disease during a routine health check-up. They walk into a clinic for a regular ...