A combination of silybin and carvedilol for treating liver fibrosis is more effective than either drug alone. | Drug ...

Scientists have found that combining silybin with carvedilol works far better against liver fibrosis than either drug alone.

NEW YORK, NY (March 12, 2025)—Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long known as the main perpetrators in liver ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers from the German Cancer Research ...

The study shows that this drug pair works far better together than either agent alone, offering a realistic and potentially ...

But by a wonderful quirk of nature, this fascinating chemical compound was found to inhibit the activation of hepatic ...

The activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is a key process in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis, but the molecular mechanisms behind it are not fully understood. By combining the analysis of ...

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) and their collaborators have cast new light on the mechanisms by which hepatic stellate cells control liver ...

Nurse Andrew Dennis (left) works a shift on Dec. 8 inside the intensive care unit at the St. Cloud Hospital. CATHY WURZER: The US national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended a week ...