Liver Development and Function The largest of the body's organs, with the greatest number of functions. The liver is the largest of the body's organs. It produces major proteins and chemicals, purifies the blood, converts food to energy...

The liver is the largest internal organ located in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen just below the diaphragm. It is a highly vascular organ containing 10-20% of total blood volume. The basic functional units of the liver are the hexagonal...

More than 25 million people in the United States suffer from liver disease, and more than 43,000 of those people die every year. The only remedy for advanced disease is a liver transplant. The liver, an essential organ, is located behind the lower ribs...

The hepatoportal system is a unique arrangement of blood vessels leading to and from the liver. The vast majority of the circulatory system is arranged in such a way that blood containing oxygen is delivered by arteries and then capillaries to various...

The liver is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, and...

As Tom Wojcik lay dying of liver failure in a Richmond hospital last month, doctors prepared for a transplant from an ideal donor -- a 43-year-old woman whose blood type matched his perfectly. Unlike most liver donors, she had something else going for...

In many patients, long-term heavy drinking leads to chronic liver disease, liver failure, and even death. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the only definitive treatment for end-stage liver disease, including alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Because of a shortage of donor organs, OLT for...

In a March 19 story about splitting donated livers, The Associated Press erroneously identified the location of Dr. George Mazariegos. He is transplant chief at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia.___WASHINGTON (AP) _ The transplant surgeon had good news: A donated liver was on the...

Kimberly Lindsey marvels that her 3-year-old son Merrick doesn't need to take 10 different medicines anymore. He can safely frolic on the playground among the germs that lurk there.Two years ago, Merrick's liver suddenly shut down. Standard treatment would have meant a full liver transplant...