Milk-Maker Hormone May Help Liver Regenerate
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Prolactin has an important function in the liver, but how important? Researchers, using an animal model, found the animals with extra prolactin had larger livers, regenerated their livers faster after partial removal, and were significantly more likely to survive liver surgery compared to animals that couldn't process prolactin.