The connection between the human liver and the intestine is unique, and the “gut-liver axis” plays a vital role in regulating liver disease pathology. When homeostasis is disturbed, changes in dietary ...

Your GI tract houses trillions (yes, with a T) of microbes: bacteria, viruses, fungi, and more. The swarm of microscopic critters living in your intestines makes up the gut microbiome and influences ...

In a Phase 1 clinical study, researchers led by EPFL and their partners report that a new liver- and gut-targeted oral drug ...

If alcohol impacts one of these organs, it is likely to impact the other. In recent experiments, Szabo's team gave mice daily ...

A 66-year-old man presented with generalised jaundice, significant weight loss, and epigastric pain. Diagnostic imaging, including ultrasound, CT, and MRI, revealed a periampullary duodenal ...

Persistently elevated liver enzymes may be caused by certain types of cancer, including liver, colon, breast, stomach, pancreas, and skin cancers. Liver enzymes are proteins produced by your liver.

Kauvery Hospital, Salem, has completed 20 liver transplants, comprising both deceased donor (cadaver) and live donor ...