A new mouse model mimicking the liver symptoms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 -- the most prevalent form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy -- provides insight into why patients develop fatty liver ...

This dark chasm looks like a hole in the center of a brightly colored tapestry, but it’s actually a central vein in the liver of a mouse. The liver is like a very efficient sewage treatment plant for ...

Liver fibrosis is a progressive and potentially reversible condition that results from chronic liver damage, which can be caused by a variety of factors, including metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

In muscular dystrophy type 1, mutated DNA begets toxic RNA that alter liver function, including susceptibility to fatty liver disease and hypersensitivity to drugs. Understanding these effects is ...