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World's first liver cell implant

London - A medical team at King's College Hospital, in South London, has successfully implanted donor liver cells into the abdomen of an eight-month boy, instead of waiting for a liver from a transplant list.

In the Media by Nancy Houser - 1 comment

Hope for transplants as miniature liver is grown from stem cells

Stem-cell techniques have been used to create a small version of the human liver in a laboratory. Scientists are hailing the achievement as a breakthrough.

In the Media by Andrew John - 2 comments

Laboratory-constructed liver offers hope for human transplants

Boston - A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston succeeded for the first time in building a transplantable liver in the laboratory with the same characteristics as the original organ.

In the Media by Igor I. Solar - 1 comment

Antibiotic Avelox may seriously damage liver, warns Health Canada

A safety review by Health Canada has prompted the regulator to release a public warning of rare but potentially life threatening liver complications from taking Avelox or moxiflaxin.

In the Media by Gordon K. Chan

Hepatitis C Trust warns half of Scottish sufferers undiagnosed

The chief executive of the Hepatitis C Trust has voiced his concerns that many people in Scotland are living with undiagnosed hepatitis C. The warning comes as the trust opens its first office in Scotland.

In the Media by Gemma Fox

How Steve Jobs Received a Liver Transplant in Tennesse

This past week, staff at the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tennessee acknowledged that Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant there about two months ago.

In the Media by Cristina Quiñones

Scientists stop aging process in liver

New York scientists have demonstrated how to halt the aging process in an organ for the first time in a mouse study. The organ functions well with age.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 1 comment

Natalie Cole Diagnosed With Hepatitis C

Natalie Cole has been battling Hepatitis C with anti-viral medicine. Her publicist just announced that the Grammy Award winner has the virus which is thought to have been contracted from past drug use.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

Higher Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Liver Cancer Risk

A new large, prospective population-based study confirms an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and liver cancer risk.

In the Media by Bob Ewing - 4 comments

Your package has arrived!

Two packages containing human body parts including a liver and part of a head meant for a medical research lab instead were delivered to a home.

In the Media by Leah - 6 comments

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Abidal to have liver transplant

Barcelona confirm that their French international defender Eric Abidal is to undergo a liver transplant.

Alcoholic man needs new liver at 26

Alcoholic man needs new liver at the age of 26

Many Livers 'Too Fat' For Transplant

A rise in fatty liver disease may be leading clinicians to discard more donated organs, researcher found.

Liver and thyroid cancer rates rise

A "relatively large" increase in the prevalence of liver cancer, which is nearly 100 times less common than prostate cancer, has been reported by Statistics Canada.

Liver disease deaths 'increasing'

Deaths from liver disease in England have reached record levels, rising by 25% in less than a decade, according to new NHS figures.