A survey of people hospitalised for COVID-19 found those with chronic liver disease and a history of alcohol abuse were 80 percent more likely to die from the virus and less likely to receive life-saving intubation.
Jun 22, 2021
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New research being presented at The European Congress on Obesity (ECO) held online this year, suggests that a measure of body shape should be used alongside body mass index (BMI) to help determine the risk of obesity-related ...
May 10, 2021
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FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute researchers investigating a protein they hoped would be a tumor suppressor instead discovered it was responsible for protecting people from so much more.
May 3, 2021
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver, NAFLD, is associated with several health risks. According to a new registry study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, NAFLD is linked to a 17-fold increased risk of liver cancer. ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Human non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a little-understood condition that significantly increases the risk of inflammation, fibrosis and liver cancer and ultimately requires liver transplant.
Apr 13, 2021
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A paper, published last week in JHEP Reports, has detailed the variation in the number of people being diagnosed with liver cancer across the UK.
Apr 12, 2021
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In a comprehensive analysis of human gene activation data, researchers from the Centenary Institute have discovered that the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) gene family is strongly implicated in the development of human hepatocellular ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Cancer is one of the world's second deadliest disease which contributes to the death of over 10 million people per year. Oncologists adopt a variety of treatment procedures to treat cancer cells. Among the different methods ...
Apr 2, 2021
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Immunotherapy is not only significantly less effective in liver cancer patients who previously had a liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but actually appears to fuel tumor growth, according to a Mount ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Normal, non-cancerous liver tissue can act like tumor tissue when exposed to a diet high in fat, linking diet and obesity to the development of liver cancer. The Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation ...
Mar 10, 2021
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