Targeted testing for viral hepatitis: Europe’s persistent public health challenge
ECDC estimate: around 9 million Europeans live with chronic hepatitis B or CCredit: ECDC European surveillance data show on-going transmission ...
Tag: Liver
New study highlights advantages of living-donor liver transplant over deceased donor
PITTSBURGH, July 12, 2019 - Living-donor liver transplant offers numerous advantages over deceased-donor transplant, including better three-year survival rates for ...
Clemson researchers tie metabolic enzyme to obesity and fatty liver disease
The study was published in the Journal of Nutritional BiochemistryCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - ...
New data on ctDNA as a biomarker for detecting cancer progression presented at ASCO
HERCULES, Calif. - July 11, 2019 - Scientists presented more than 30 abstracts featuring Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology ...
Treatment target pinpointed for liver cancer in teens and young adults
The suspect, an abnormal, fused protein, gathers enzymes that drive uncontrolled cell growthCredit: Mitchell H. Omar New findings show how ...
Pitt/UPMC to lead $19.2 million trial to test red cell exchange in sickle cell disease
PITTSBURGH, July 9, 2019 - Medical advances have dramatically increased the life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease, but ...
Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease
A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of ...
Chronic conditions — not infectious diseases — are top 5 causes of early death in China
Substantial reductions in maternal and child mortality reveal 'dramatic shift' from communicable to chronic conditions; Top risk factors are high ...
Europe: Chronic hepatitis B infections on the rise since 2008
Steady decline in acute cases reflects successful vaccination programmesCredit: ECDC In 2017, the majority (58%) of the almost 27 000 ...
Reconfigurable multi-organ-on-a-chip system reliably evaluates chemotherapy toxicity
Credit: Christopher McAleer and colleagues have created a new multiorgan-on-a-chip system ...
Scientists identify genes associated with biliary atresia survival
Antioxidant found to reduce liver injury, increase survival in mouse model of biliary atresia CINCINNATI -- Scientists at Cincinnati Children's ...
How hepatitis B and delta viruses establish infection of liver cells
Princeton University researchers explore infection using new cell culture systemCredit: Winer, et al., Princeton University Princeton University researchers have developed ...
Researchers find genetic cause for fatal response to Hepatitis A
Credit: Belkaya et al., 2019 Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that caused an 11-year-old girl to suffer a fatal ...
Poor oral health linked to a 75% increase in liver cancer risk, new study finds
The study, by researchers at Queen's University Belfast, analysed a large cohort of over 469,000 people in the UK, investigated ...