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Roundworm quells obesity and related metabolic disorders

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. ...

Immunology created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

White blood cell enzyme contributes to inflammation and obesity

Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have discovered that an ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

British team perform new 'warm' liver transplants

British surgeons said Friday they have performed successful liver transplants on two patients using a revolutionary technique which keeps the organ warm and functioning while outside the body.

Surgery created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find molecular switch turning on self-renewal of liver damage

The liver is one of the few organs in our body that can regenerate itself, but how it occurs is a biological mystery. New research from BRIC, University of Copenhagen and the Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, ...

Medical research created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AAD: Skin changes can be first sign of underlying condition

(HealthDay)—Skin changes, including new rash, new growths, discoloration, and changes in texture, could be among the first signs indicating an underlying medical condition, according to information presented ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Team first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit

For decades scientists around the world have attempted to regenerate primary liver cells known as hepatocytes because of their numerous biomedical applications, including hepatitis research, drug metabolism and toxicity studies, ...

Medical research created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unsolved puzzle in hepatology on the brink of resolution

Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a currently incurable liver disease that mostly affects younger people aged between 30 and 40. There are now justified hopes that this disease could be cured using synthetically ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Estrogen may improve pathway-selective insulin resistance

(HealthDay)—Estrogen treatment at the time of surgical menopause may reverse aspects of pathway-selective insulin resistance in the liver associated with a high-fat diet (HFD) in mice by promoting insulin ...

Diabetes created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies liver gene that regulates cholesterol and fat blood levels

Researchers have identified a microRNA liver gene, miR-27b, which regulates lipid (cholesterol or fat) levels in the blood. This regulator gene controls multiple genes involved in dyslipidemia—abnormal blood cholesterol ...

Genetics created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The X factor in liver metabolism

After you eat, your liver switches from producing glucose to storing it. At the same time, a cellular signaling pathway known as the unfolded protein response (UPR) is transiently activated, but it is not clear how this pathway ...

Medical research created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Liver mitochondria improve, increase after chronic alcohol feeding in mice

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have found evidence that liver mitochondria in mice adapt to become better metabolizers of alcohol and increase in ...

Medical research created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Innovative method to deliver THC: Transmucosal patch increases drug's absorption

(Medical Xpress)—An innovative delivery method for tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive constituent of Cannabis, is being developed at the University of Mississippi.

Medications created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ability to chart the molecular progress of diabetes brings personalized medicine closer to realization

Researchers in Singapore have succeeded in tracking, for the first time, the molecular changes caused by type 2 diabetes that affect how the body handles glucose production in the liver. In a series of experiments ...

Diabetes created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discover how hepatitis C virus reprograms human liver cells

Hepatitis C virus has evolved to invade and hijack the basic machinery of the human liver cell to ensure its survival and spread. Researchers at the University of North have discovered how hepatitis C binds ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could high insulin make you fat? Mouse study says yes

When we eat too much, obesity may develop as a result of chronically high insulin levels, not the other way around. That's according to new evidence in mice reported in the December 4th Cell Metabolism, a Cell ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast