based on lab tests. It ranks your degree of sickness, which shows how much you need a liver transplant. The higher the number, the more urgent your case is. MELD stands for "model for end-stage ...

So, some scientists use human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to produce hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) that can be used as model systems for the development of new therapies for liver disease.

Since the adoption of a new model for assessing the severity of liver disease, women are more likely to be added to the waitlist for a liver transplant, more likely to receive a transplant ...