The main organ that determines the length and quality of human life is the liver.
Publika.az Valery Breder, the head of the drug treatment department of the Blokhin National Medical Research Oncology Center, president of the Interdisciplinary Society of Liver Tumor Specialists, told Gazeta.ru. The doctor said that the body does not perform such important functions as the heart.
“This is an irreplaceable organ, unfortunately there is nothing to replace it. It is a unique “factory” responsible for a large number of functions in the body. And the violation of each of these functions can be fatal to life. The heart is a simple “pump”, its Unlike the liver, it does not have any complex functions,” Breder said.
According to the doctor, the liver synthesizes a large number of biologically active substances, hormones and enzymes. For example, albumin, which carries useful and harmful substances in the body.
Another important function of the liver is detoxification, through which the body removes harmful toxins. The oncologist noted that the liver is responsible for the synthesis of bile and the body’s energy reserves.
