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Updates on new therapies in development for rare liver diseases
14 April 2018, Paris, France: Promising results for three drugs for the treatment of three rare liver diseases were presented...
2018 AACR Annual Meeting presentations highlight the clinical utility of Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR technology for discovering epigenetic biomarkers and measuring immunotherapy response
HERCULES, Calif. -- April 14, 2018 -- New research showcasing the importance of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology in...
Fecal microbiota transplantation produces sustained improvements in cognitive and clinical outcomes
14 April 2018, Paris, France: A single treatment using an optimized, targeted form of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) produces sustained...
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...
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 novel precision cancer model opens doors to personalized cancer treatment
Researchers from the Seve Ballesteros Foundation-CNIO Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have developed an...
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...
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)...
Pulsed corona discharge removes pharmaceutical residues from wastewater
A doctoral dissertation to undergo a public examination at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) examines the removal of harmful organic...
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