Linkage to care specialist facilitates access to hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A prospective, longitudinal study involving more than 1,000 people who inject drugs has identified a...
Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis achieving sustained virological response is likely to be cost effective
12 April 2018, Paris, France: Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by ultrasound is likely to be cost effective in patients...
Scotland: Direct-acting antiviral agent therapy reduces the burden of HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis
12 April 2018, Paris, France: Two presentations given this week at The International Liver Congress™ 2018 in Paris, France illustrate...
Hepatitis E virus infections can be life threatening and transmitted through blood products
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is once again in the spotlight, with two studies presented...
Punjab, India: Mass treatment of a population with chronic hepatitis C infection produces high rates of cure
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A large-scale study evaluating the feasibility of decentralized care and the provision of free direct-acting...
Personalized T cell therapy shows signs of clinical effectiveness against HBV-related HCC
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Multiple adoptive transfers of T cells engineered to carry hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific T cell...
Mediterranean-style diet improves gut microbial diversity and reduces hospitalization
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: A diet that is Mediterranean style, and rich in vegetables and fermented milk products such...
HEPAHEALTH Project Report — risk factors and the burden of liver disease in Europe and selected Central Asian countries
11 April 2018, Paris, France: The HEPAHEALTH Project Report, which was presented today in a press conference at The International...
Regenerative wound dressings created by Lithuanian scientists will help wounds healing
Credit: KTU Group of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania are developing new generation sponge-like wound dressings with hyaluronic...
Cytochrome P450 3A4 induction: Lumacaftor versus ivacaftor?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common, genetically acquired, life-shortening chronic illness affecting young Australians today. There is no cure,...
Sexual objectification influences visual perception
It has been suggested that sexually objectified women or men are visually processed in the same fashion of an object....
Tiny probe can see and take body temperatures
Credit: University of Adelaide University of Adelaide researchers have invented a world-first tiny fibre-optic probe that can simultaneously measure temperature...
Understanding barriers to mental health care for urban black men who experience trauma
Credit: Penn Nursing Despite the prevalence and impact of psychological symptoms, United States trauma systems do not routinely integrate psychological...
Overestimated mutation rate
Scientific evidence at the start of the last major Ebola epidemic in West Africa that suggested the virus would change...
New bacteria-resistant materials get go-ahead for trials on humans
A medical device coated with new bacteria resistant materials, discovered by a team at the University of Nottingham, has been...
Study explores carbohydrates’ impact on head, neck cancers
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Consuming high amounts of carbohydrates and various forms of sugar during...
Marker substance for research into brain diseases
Researchers from ETH Zurich, University Hospital Zurich and the University of Münster are the first to develop a marker substance...
Most widely prescribed diabetes drug improves nicotine withdrawal symptoms in animal model
Credit: Julie Blendy, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; PNAS PHILADELPHIA - Metformin, the most widely used medication...
ACR responds to HHS benefit and payment parameters final rule
Washington, D.C. - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today expressed concern that the 2019 Benefit and Payment Parameters final...
INRS awarded over $1.57 million in funding for new research facilities
INRS will receive over $1.57 million in funding for four new facilities to produce innovative research and train highly qualified...
