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Two endothelial cells in the liver. The cell on the right expresses high levels of the Wnt2 gene (red), and the cell on the left - high levels of the Dkk3 gene, which suppresses Wnt (green)

Friend brings a friend

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Illustration: US Food and Drug Administration

People with fatty liver have an "older" brain

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Mouse liver vessel. Photographed with a fluorescence microscope. The middle layer contains many molecules of messenger RNA (white dots) that encode the protein hepcidin, which regulates iron levels in the blood. Source: From the article - Halpern et al., Single-cell spatial reconstruction reveals global division of labor in the mammalian liver, Nature (2017).

What happens in the liver

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Liver cells at high magnification. Photo: shutterstock

A sign that you are young

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The structure of the liver. Figure: Wikipedia

Laboratory-engineered human livers, made in Israel... almost

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Prof. Jacob Bar, was awarded the "Honorary Member for 2009" award by the International Association for the Research of the Porous Media (INTERPORE) for his great contribution in the field

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