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Hepatitis C virus elimination programs 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...
Germany: compensated cirrhosis substantially increases comorbidities and healthcare costs for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
13 April 2018, Paris, France: An analysis of outcomes and costs for German patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/non-alcoholic...
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...
The memory part of the brain may also hold clues for anxiety and depression
Credit: U of T Scarborough The hippocampus is an area of the brain commonly linked with memory and dementia. But...
Blocking matrix-forming protein might prevent heart failure
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists used an experimental targeted molecular therapy to block a matrix-forming protein in heart cells...
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,...
Automated analysis of biopsy samples enables rapid and reproducible quantification of NASH disease activity
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Deep-learning approaches to pattern recognition in liver biopsy samples have moved one step closer to...
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...
ESC Congress 2018 scientific program online
Sophia Antipolis, APRIL 13, 2018 The scientific programme of ESC Congress 2018 is online now. The world's largest cardiovascular congress...
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...
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...
Two MDC scientists receive ERC grants worth several million euros
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Basic researchers Gary Lewin and Norbert Hübner are investigating the...
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...
Alzheimer plaque affects different brain cells differently
(Linköping University) Amyloid beta, a protein linked with Alzheimer's disease, has different properties in different cell types in the brains...
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...
Receptor that feels the heat of a red chili pepper may be target for TBI recovery
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 13, 2018) - A receptor on our immune cells that...
Long-term obeticholic acid treatment leads to reversal or stabilization of fibrosis/cirrhosis in patients with PBC
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The first results from the POISE biopsy sub-study have today confirmed that long-term treatment with...
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...
Brief exposure to tiny air pollution particles triggers childhood lung infections
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution-causing particles that are about 3...
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...
