News about Liver

Research May 12 2021

Protocol described for obtaining hepatic stellate cells from stem cells

IDIBAPS researchers have published in Nature Protocols the process for the directed differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)...

Research February 26 2021

New role reported for sphingomyelin synthase 1 in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

A study published in GUT, jointly led by Ki Up Lee of the University of Ulsan, South Korea, and José C. Fernández-Checa, leader of the IDIBAPS-IIBB...

Research April 2 2019

Anti-platelet therapy prevents the progression of fatty liver to liver cancer in animal models

A study published in the journal Nature Medicine proposes a paradigm shift in the approach to steatohepatitis, the most advanced degree of non-alco...

Research March 5 2019

Researchers at IDIBAPS describe how aging aggravates liver diseases

IDIBAPS researchers have published a series of three studies in which describe the impact of aging on the liver biology and function, both in healt...