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Posted April 1, 2015 healthinnovations

Researchers find FGF21 boosts liver regenerative ability.

Researchers at UC Davis have illuminated an important distinction between mice and humans, how human livers heal. The difference centres on a protein called PPARα, which activates liver regeneration. Normally, … Continue Reading Researchers find FGF21 boosts liver regenerative ability.

Posted March 17, 2015 cirrhosis

Rebooting cell programming via precision medicine reverses liver failure in animal model.

A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh state that it might be possible to heal cirrhotic liver disease by rebooting the genes that control liver cell function. If … Continue Reading Rebooting cell programming via precision medicine reverses liver failure in animal model.