The lab of Dr. Mark Magnuson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, has ...

High bilirubin levels increase the risk of developing bilirubin gallstones—a type of gallstone more prevalent in Sickle Cell ...

the cells that line the bile ducts. As they described in Nature Communications in 2021, the network of cholangiocytes in the hepatocyte clusters was functionally connected as a biliary network.

This provides patients with the highest level of care. Chemotherapy is a drug or a combination of drugs that kills cancer cells wherever they are in the body. You may receive chemotherapy before ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Immunotherapy has also shown potential in some cases, harnessing the body's immune system to target cancer cells. Endoscopy ...

Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is a type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts, small tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small bowel. They carry a fluid ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...