News tagged with liver cells

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Mature liver cells may be better than stem cells for liver cell transplantation therapy

After carrying out a study comparing the repopulation efficiency of immature hepatic stem/progenitor cells and mature hepatocytes transplanted into liver-injured rats, a research team from Sapporo, Japan concluded that mature ...

Medical research created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Intelligent medicine' erases side effects

Scientists at Aarhus University, Denmark in collaboration with the biotech company Cytoguide now publish a key to use glucocorticoid steroids in a kind of intelligent medicine that specifically hits the relevant cells. Data ...

Medical research created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When you eat matters: Study offers drug-free intervention to prevent obesity, diabetes

It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that regular eating times and extending the daily fasting period may override ...

Medical research created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

A new clue to predicting pre-eclampsia

(Medical Xpress) -- An indication of whether a mother will develop pre-eclampsia, the most common and severe pregnancy-related disease, has been identified by a University of Sydney study.

Immunology created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Liver fat gets a wake-up call that maintains blood sugar levels

A Penn research team, led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, reports in Nature Medicine that m ...

Medical research created May 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Increased fructose consumption may deplete cellular energy in patients with obesity and diabetes

Obese people who consume increased amounts of fructose, a type of sugar that is found in particular in soft drinks and fruit juices, are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFALD) and more its more severe forms, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hepatitis C is a new worry for baby boomers, study shows

The number of baby boomers dying from a "silent epidemic" of hepatitis C infections is increasing so rapidly that federal officials are planning a new nationwide push for widespread testing.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teaching old cells new tricks

Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’s research in the Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative ...

Medical research created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cellular pathway linked to diabetes, heart disease

Cardiac researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that a certain cellular pathway is linked to obesity-related disorders, like diabetes, heart disease and fatty liver disease.

Medical research created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gallbladder shown as potential stem cell source for regenerative liver and metabolic disease

A new study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2012 indicates the potential for gallbladder tissue (which is routinely discarded from organ donors and surgical interventions) to be a highly available candidate ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds molecular switch that controls liver glucose production, may offer target for type II diabetes therapy

In their extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the liver's production of glucose -- the ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coordinating the circadian clock: Researchers find that molecular pair controls time-keeping and fat metabolism

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 24-hour internal clock controls many aspects of human behavior and physiology, including sleep, blood pressure, and metabolism. Disruption in circadian rhythms leads to increased incidence of many diseases, ...

Genetics created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists uncover liver's role in preventing dissemination of lung infection

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered the regulation and functional significance of the acute phase response during a lung infection. The findings, which will be published in the May edition ...

Medical research created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Early clinical data show galeterone safe, effective against prostate cancer

Patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer had limited side effects and in many cases a drop in prostate-specific antigen expression with galeterone (TOK-001), a small-molecule oral drug, according to phase I data ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research: Single antibody shrinks variety of human tumors transplanted into mice

Human tumors transplanted into laboratory mice disappeared or shrank when scientists treated the animals with a single antibody, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The antibody works ...

Cancer created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast