Severance Hospital performs world-first robotic Kasai surgery on 14-day-old newborn

Severance Hospital announced Tuesday that it had successfully performed a robotic Kasai procedure on a 14-day-old newborn.

The warning signs of pancreatic cancer doctors say you should never ignore

Understanding the Pancreas and Its Role The pancreas is a triangular, elongated gland made up of three main parts: the head, ...
Healthline

What Does the Liver Do? Functions, Structure, and Common Conditions

Your liver handles metabolic, detoxification, and immune functions, including processing nutrients, making bile for fat digestion, producing blood-clotting proteins, and removing toxins like ammonia ...
Nature

General Cystic Fibrosis Mutations Are Usually Missense Mutations Affecting Two Specific Protein Domains and Associated with a Specific RFLP Marker Haplotype

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease due to a deleterious mutation in a chloride channel gene (CFTR = CF transmembrane conductance regulator), located on chromosome 7. From a ...