News tagged with liver
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Octaplas approved for blood-clotting disorders
(HealthDay)—Octaplas has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to augment insufficient clotting proteins that could otherwise lead to excessive bleeding or excessive clotting.
Medications
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Gene in eye melanomas linked to good prognosis
Melanomas that develop in the eye often are fatal. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have identified a mutated gene in melanoma tumors of the eye that appears ...
Genetics
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Hepatitis B virus promotes oncogenesis through microRNA modulation
Viruses prompt oncogenic transformation by genetically altering infected cells. Several recent studies have demonstrated that viruses alter the expression of microRNAs, non-coding RNA molecules that can block the expression ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Choline supplementation during pregnancy presents a new approach to schizophrenia prevention
Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as a dietary supplement in the last two trimesters of pregnancy and in early infancy, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Fetal exposure to PVC plastic chemical linked to obesity in offspring
Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin – which is used in marine hull paint and PVC plastic – can lead to obesity for multiple generations without subsequent exposure, a UC Irvine study has found.
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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Are some patients too heavy for a new kidney?
In a research review article published in the American Journal of Nephrology, Saint Louis University investigators examined data from multiple studies to better understand how obesity, an epidemic in the U.S., impacts kidney ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Liver controls wasting in cancer: Overactive gene switch in the liver causes blood fat levels to drop
Many cancer patients suffer from a dramatic loss of fat and muscle mass. This extreme wasting, or cachexia, is often the actual cause of death in cancer patients. Heidelberg scientists have now discovered in mice that tumors ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Decline in available liver transplants expected
A new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health Resources and Services Administration, and published in the January 2013 issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for th ...
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Jan 10, 2013 |
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Researchers foresee new therapies and diagnostics for deadly fibrotic diseases
A team of scientists has developed a playbook for ending the devastating impact of fibrotic diseases of the liver, lung, kidney, and other organs, which are responsible for as many as 45 percent of all deaths in the industrialized ...
Medical research
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Scientists shed light on mystery surrounding hepatitis B virus: Discovery is decades in the making
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Oxford, U.K., have shed light on a long-standing ...
Medical research
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Teens susceptible to hepatitis B infection despite vaccination as infants
New research reveals that a significant number of adolescents lose their protection from hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, despite having received a complete vaccination series as infants. Results in the January 2013 issue ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Team discovers new gene that affects clearance of hepatitis C virus
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered a gene that interferes with the clearance of hepatitis C virus infection. They also identified an inherited variant within this gene, Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4), that predicts ...
Genetics
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Fulyzaq approved for ART-related diarrhea in HIV/AIDS
(HealthDay)—The first medication to treat diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS who take antiretroviral drugs has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Medications
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Organ transplant scandal prompts calls for German reforms
The head of the German doctors' lobby and politicians called Thursday for swift action to root out corruption following a scandal over preferential treatment for organ transplants.
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Jan 03, 2013 |
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Eating asparagus may prevent a hangover, study finds
Drinking to ring in the New Year may leave many suffering with the dreaded hangover. According to a 2009 study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), the amino acids and mi ...
Health
Jan 03, 2013 |
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