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| NIH Awards $1.2 Million To Study Protein Misfolding Diseases | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Three University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists have received a four-year, $1.2 million EUREKA grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study folding and misfolding of secretory proteins in the cell's protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, where misfolding can lead to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and liver cirrhosis... | |
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| Inhibitex Successfully Completes Phase 1a Trial Of INX-189 | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq: INHX), announced that it has successfully completed a Phase1a, first-in-man, single ascending dose trial of INX-189, its nucleotide polymerase inhibitor in development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infections. In this trial, 42 healthy volunteers received either a single oral dose of INX-189, ranging from 3 mg to 100 mg, or placebo... | |
| Macmillan's Response To NICE Decision On Liver Cancer Drug | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Responding to the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) not to recommend sorafenib (Nexavar®) as a treatment for advanced liver cancer, Mike Hobday, Head of Campaigns at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: 'We are extremely disappointed that NICE has decided not to recommend sorafenib as a treatment for people with advanced liver cancer... | |
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| Beaumont Hospitals Launches New Liver Transplant Program | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak became Michigan's third liver transplant center on Aug. 31. A 59-year-old man from Royal Oak was the first patient to receive a liver transplant through Beaumont's new multi-organ transplant program. Under the leadership of Alan J. Koffron, M.D... | |
| Innovative Low Cost, High-Speed Filter Uses Electrified Nanostructures To Purify Water | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world. Instead of physically trapping bacteria as most existing filters do, the new filter lets them flow on through with the water... | |
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| Bleeding In Cirrhosis Patients May Be Reduced By Adherence To Practice Guidelines | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| Compliance with practice guideline-recommended treatment for cirrhosis is associated with a reduction in first esophageal variceal hemorrhage (EVH; bleeding), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver is permanently scarred or injured... | |
| Liver Cells Created From Patients' Skin Cells | Sun, 29 Aug 2010 |
| By creating diseased liver cells from a small sample of human skin, scientists have for the first time shown that stem cells can be used to model a diverse range of inherited disorders. The University of Cambridge researchers' findings, which will hopefully lead to new treatments for those suffering from liver diseases, were published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation... | |
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| Stem Cell Technology Applied To Liver Diseases | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| Great excitement greeted the discovery a few years ago that certain cells from mice and humans could be reprogrammed to become inducible pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), as they hold promise for cell replacement therapy and modeling human disease... | |
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| Hispanics And Asians Less Likely To Receive Liver Transplants | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Researchers at the University of Michigan and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, both in Ann Arbor, have identified geographic variation as a key factor accounting for disparities in access to liver transplantation among racial and ethnic groups... | |
| Hepatitis C And B Undetected In Over Half A Million People In UK | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Have you ever felt under the weather but the doctor has been unable to diagnose what is wrong with you? Have you ever shared your partner's toothbrush or borrowed your friend's razor? It is possible that you could be suffering from a disease which often goes untested. It is estimated that over half a million people in the UK are living with hepatitis B or C without knowing it... | |
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| Identifying Factors Which Predict Alcohol Use After Liver Transplantation | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Patients who receive a liver transplant due to alcoholic liver disease need to demonstrate periods of abstinence and often attend addiction treatment before transplantation. However, alcohol use disorders can recur, as can other diseases requiring transplantation, and thus alcohol use after liver transplantation is not uncommon... | |
