If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

A team led by HHMI Janelia Research Campus Fellow Daniel Feliciano developed a new, cost-effective technique that uses ...

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 have now determined that ...

Human periportal assembloid, showcasing the three key cell types of the liver: portal fibroblasts (magenta), cholangiocytes (green), and hepatocyte nuclei (blue). All cell borders are delineated in ...

When the liver is injured - for example, due to bile accumulation - immune cells become activated. In mouse experiments, the ...

Study helps lay the foundations for a future of “smart” tissue therapeutics that can be scaled to a patient’s needs.

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...