Liver enzymes are proteins in your liver that speed up chemical reactions. If your liver is damaged, blood tests will show abnormally high levels of these enzymes circulating in your bloodstream.

Researchers have recently created a blood test that can detect liver disease years before symptoms ever develop, helping pave the way for the diagnosis of diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer ...

The scientists attempted a wide range of normal blood tests—liver enzymes, cholesterol, glucose, and more—to see which best predicted outcomes. In the end, three enzymes alone—AST, ALT, and GGT—stood ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the scientific journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can ...

Doctors can diagnose fatty liver disease, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), using blood tests that measure serum liver enzyme levels. Elevated enzyme levels ...

A newly developed blood test may aid in predicting the risk of developing severe liver disease within 10 years, according to ...

A Swedish team created a test that predicts severe liver disease years ahead. It could help doctors detect risk early using routine blood data. A recent study from Karolinska Institutet, published in ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the scientific journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can predict the risk of developing severe liver disease. The method may already ...