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Equity in organ transplantation: Are we there yet?

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Equity, ethics, Health Disparities, health equity, kidney, liver, policy, Transplant

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) released its latest policy updates on July 13, 2023, that aimed to improve equity in liver allocation. This update improved

From The Labs

Gene Rev-erb in the brain sets the rhythm of the liver’s response to insulin

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Brain, Diabetes, GABA neurons, liver, Research, Rev-erb gene, suprachiasmatic nucleus

The findings support that an altered daily rhythm of expression of the Rev-erb gene in the brain may underlie dawn phenomenon in diabetes.

From The Labs

Sox9 reshapes the biliary tree in Alagille syndrome

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Alagille syndrome, bile, bile tree, cholestasis, intrahepatic bile ducts, JAG1, liver, Notch signaling, Research, SOX9

Alagille syndrome is a rare pediatric genetic disorder that can affect the liver, heart, kidneys, blood vessels, skeleton and other tissues. One major characteristic of

From the Labs: Plasticity of adult-born neurons.