Can cirrhosis of the liver be treated with faeces transplantation?
Researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital replace sick intestinal bacteria with intestinal bacteria from healthy donors in a ...
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Increased risk of liver cancer in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Non-alcoholic fatty liver, NAFLD, is associated with several health risks. According to a new registry study led ...
Exercise promotes healthy living and a healthy liver
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba show that in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, regimented exercise has beneficial effects on the ...
Protein based biomarker identifies the chemo drug sensitivity
Credit: Niigata University Niigata, Japan - Cancer is the world's second deadliest disease which contributes towards the fatality of over ...
Pathways leading to the extramedullary development of tissue-resident lymphocytes found
Credit: BAI Lu Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science ...
Quantitative detection of fatty liver disease by assessing fat distribution in the liver
A noninvasive method for quantifying fat content in liver can aid medical research and diagnosis of liver diseasesCredit: Tokyo University ...
Study shows simple blood test could detect liver injury earlier
Researchers describe how gold nanoparticles may play part in finding damageCredit: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at ...
Multicellular liver-on-a-chip for modeling fatty liver disease
Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide. It ...
Post-Fontan liver fibrosis goes under the radar
Osaka City University shows current diagnostic methodology for liver fibrosis does not accurately track the disease when it occurs as ...
Protein controlling magnesium identified as therapeutic target for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Patients with liver disease have significantly elevated expression of CNNM4 protein, which modulates magnesium in the liverCredit: CIC bioGUNE An ...
Many genes associated with the risk of coronary artery disease act through the liver
Credit: UEF/Raija Törrönen. According to a new study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, more than one third ...
An end to invasive biopsies?
Hebrew University researchers advance simple and inexpensive diagnostic blood testCredit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem In diagnostic medicine, biopsies, where a ...
New combination therapy offers chance of healing hepatitis B
Credit: CDC/Dr. Erskine Palmer The new therapeutic approach is based on shutting down the viral hepatitis B genome located in ...
Our gut-brain connection
'Organs-on-a-chip' system sheds light on how bacteria in the human digestive tract may influence neurological diseasesCredit: Martin Trapecar, MIT CAMBRIDGE, ...
A stem cell based cell culture model for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Recent publication in Biology OpenCredit: Dr. Nina Graffmann, University Hospital Duesseldorf Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a widespread condition ...
ACSL1 as a main catalyst of CoA conjugation of propionic acid-class NSAIDs in liver
Researchers from Kanazawa University find that propionic acid-class NSAIDs are conjugated with CoA by hepatic ACSL1, leading to liver toxicity ...
Green med diet cuts non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by half – Ben-Gurion U. study
Credit: Gut 2021 BEER-SHEVA, Israel...January 18, 2021 - A green Mediterranean (MED) diet reduces intrahepatic fat more than other healthy ...
Scoring system to redefine how U.S. patients prioritized for liver transplant
Credit: Getty Images Liver transplant priority in the U.S. goes to the sickest patients, which fails to consider other important ...
Liver cancer cells manipulate stromal cells involved in fibrosis to promote tumor growth
Researchers led by Osaka University find that liver cancer cells cause local liver cells to produce a growth factor that ...
UMD paves the way for growing human organs for transplantation with new proof-of-concept
Start-up company, Renovate Bioscience Inc., wins Invention of the Year and Inventor Pitch Award for this work at UMDCredit: Edwin ...