To starve pancreatic tumors, researchers seek to block ‘self-eating,’ other fuel sources
CHAPEL HILL -- To get the extra energy they need to fuel their uncontrolled growth, cancer cells break down some ...
Budesonide add-on therapy improves markers of disease activity but fails to improve histology in patients with primary biliary cholangitis
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The addition of budesonide is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in biochemical markers of disease ...
Sustained virological response to oral hepatitis C virus treatment associated with reduced mortality in an Italian cohort
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) ...
Scholars: In #MeToo movement, lessons of restorative and transitional justice important
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new paper from a team of University of Illinois legal ...
A Web-based lifestyle intervention supports weight loss in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who participated in a web-based lifestyle modification intervention ...
Self-inflicted gunshot wound survivors may deny suicide attempt, face barriers to care
Credit: University of Louisville Researchers have found that more than one-third of patients who denied that their self-inflicted gunshot wound ...
Breakthrough brings gene-editing medicine one step closer to patient applications
Credit: Ross Neitz Imagine a future where a guided biomachine put into your body seeks out defective gene sequences in ...
Hepatitis C virus elimination programmes report encouraging results: Is elimination within reach?
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Two nationwide programmes in Georgia and Iceland, which were designed to eliminate hepatitis C virus ...
For racial minority adolescents, cigarette and alcohol use linked to suicidality
Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team ...
Clinical trial to find new treatment for visceral leishmaniasis begins in eastern Africa
A new study to find a safer, efficacious and more patient-friendly treatment and improved diagnostic tools for people living with ...
Funding will help uncover immune system differences that trigger food allergies
Credit: Children's National Health System Adora A. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., an attending physician in Children's department of Allergy and Immunology, ...
Polymer synthesis gets a jolt of caffeine
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Caffeine is well-known for its ability to help people stay alert, but ...
HCV-related liver transplantation and post-transplant survival rates in Europe have improved rapidly in the era of direct-acting antiviral drugs
13 April 2018, Paris, France: HCV-related liver transplantation rates in Europe have declined dramatically since the availability of direct-acting antiviral ...
‘Gayborhoods’ still home to subtle discrimination
Despite claiming to support gay rights, many straight people who live in traditionally gay neighbourhoods still practice subtle forms of ...
Temperature affects insecticide efficacy against malaria vectors
Credit: ISGlobal Ambient temperature has a marked effect on the toxicity of the most commonly used insecticides for malaria control, ...
Translational research community debates on the EGA and its impact on health
Credit: Peter Artymiuk, Wellcome Trust Images Barcelona, April 13, 2018 - Àngel Font; corporate director for the area of research ...
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) fails to extend survival in the SORAMIC study palliative cohort
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The final results of the palliative cohort of the SORAMIC study in patients with unresectable, ...
‘Tic-tac-toe’-themed MRI technology easy win for neurological disease researchers
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Radiofrequency Research Facility PITTSBURGH (April 12, 2018) ... The University of Pittsburgh houses a whole-body 7 ...
Scientists find positive workplace experiences among Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability ...
US study reports dramatic reduction in likelihood of liver transplantation in patients with hepatoce
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) waiting for a liver transplant in the USA are now ...
