MSU and Spectrum Health researchers team up to find new treatments for ‘orphan diseases’
These understudied disorders afflict up to 25 million AmericansCredit: Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, Mich., October 16, 2019 - The National ...
Tag: Liver
Cell family trees tracked to discover their role in tissue scarring and liver disease
Credit: Image created by Lana Woolford, CIR Public Engagement & Communications Officer Researchers have discovered that a key cell type ...
Drug reverses signs of liver disease in people living with HIV
Tesamorelin prevented progression to liver fibrosis in NIH studyCredit: Dr. David Kleiner, NCI Researchers at the National Institutes of Health ...
NUS researchers show potential liver cancer treatment by targeting cancer stem-like cells
Credit: Dr Toh Tan Boon, NUS N.1 Institute for Health Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths ...
UMD discovers new mechanism in the liver that helps prevent invasive fungal infections
Findings have implications for treatment of a variety of fungal infections, including the main cause of meningitisCredit: Nephron As a ...
Immune cell identity crisis: What makes a liver macrophage a liver macrophage?
Findings outline fundamental cellular process for the first time, enabling future studies of how macrophage malfunction contributes to liver diseaseCredit: ...
Most kidney transplants between people with HIV have long-term success
Recipients living with HIV show no indication of secondary infection with donor HIV strainCredit: NIAID People living with HIV who ...
High-fructose and high-fat diet damages liver mitochondria, study finds
Increases fatty-liver disease risk and metabolic syndromeCredit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (October 1, 2019) - Researchers at Joslin Diabetes ...
Obesity epidemic results in NAFLD becoming most common cause of liver disease in Europe
World's leading experts gather in Seville to discuss the fastest growing health epidemic in Europe now affecting 1 in 4 ...
World’s first gene therapy for glycogen storage disease produces remarkable results
Consuming cornstarch every few hours has been the only available option for survivalCredit: Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health At the Association for ...
For people with pre-existing liver disease, toxic algae may be more dangerous
UToledo research adds to evidence that new exposure guidelines for microcystin may be needed for those with liver disease or ...
Study shows interactions between bacteria and parasites
Blood flukes and Helicobacter pylori: co-infection changes immune responseCredit: Clarissa Prazeres da Costa / TUM A team at the Technical ...
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 ...
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 ...
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