Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how.

An illustration of the results of the trans-omic analysis. Allosteric regulation, which controls metabolism, decreased in typical mice during feeding (thin blue arrow, left) and increased during ...

Individuals with healthy liver function typically process ammonia efficiently, converting it into urea for elimination. However, those with liver conditions such as hepatitis, fatty liver disease, ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise and mainly stems from metabolic dysfunction. Dr Sood shares five facts about ...

NEW YORK, NY (March 12, 2025)—Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators in liver ...

From fast-food to ultra-processed snacks, a high-fat diet eaten over the long term may trigger biological changes in the liver that could raise the risk of cancer. Researchers from the Massachusetts ...