Liver Disease
The liver has many important functions, including digesting your food and processing and distributing nutrients.
There are many kinds of liver diseases and conditions. Some, like hepatitis, are caused by viruses. Others can be the result of drugs or drinking too much alcohol. Long-lasting injury or scar tissue in the liver can cause cirrhosis. Jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, can be one sign of liver disease.
Clinical Trials
Watch a video of NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers explaining the importance of participating in clinical trialsResearch Discoveries & News
- Scientists triple storage time of human donor livers
- NIH study finds gut microbiome can control antitumor immune function in liver
- NIH study sheds light on immune responses driving obesity-induced liver disease
- Improved outcomes and survival following acute liver failure in recent years
- Story of Discovery: Hepatitis C: from non-A, non-B hepatitis to a cure
- Plant toxins linked to biliary atresia in newborn animals
Liver Disease Topics
- Alagille Syndrome
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Biliary Atresia
- Cirrhosis
- ERCP
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B: What Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Need to Know