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 ...

Scientists identify measurable cellular changes that flag higher cancer risk more than a decade before tumors appear. In A ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central finding of a new study led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...