Study identifies new drug target for preventing fatty liver disease
Scientists have found a potential new drug target for untreatable fatty liver disease in humans, according to a study published today in eLife.
Aug 15, 2023
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Scientists have found a potential new drug target for untreatable fatty liver disease in humans, according to a study published today in eLife.
Aug 15, 2023
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A key function of our immune system is to detect and eliminate foreign pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. Immune cells like T cells do this by distinguishing between different types of proteins within cells, which allows ...
Aug 6, 2023
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Immune system T cells that should be able to kill cancer cells become dysfunctional or "exhausted" within hours of encountering a tumor, according to a study reported Aug. 3 in Nature Immunology.
Aug 3, 2023
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Alcohol consumption is a major cause of chronic liver disease. The disease, which has devastating consequences, progresses through stages of hepatitis (inflammation), fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis (severe scarring). Advanced ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital created a hepatoblastoma (liver cancer) model that more accurately reflects the pathology and genomics of the disease. Research using the model pointed toward potential ...
Jul 7, 2023
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The development of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer, is known to involve the abnormal activation of a signaling pathway called Wnt; however, the underlying mechanisms have not been fully understood, until now.
Jun 28, 2023
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Stanford Medicine researchers have found that a common blood condition associated with several diseases may have a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease.
Jun 28, 2023
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Hepatitis C is a serious viral infection that can scar your liver, cause your liver to fail and raise your risk for liver cancer, but there are a multitude of medications that can treat it.
Jun 8, 2023
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New Peter Mac research recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has discovered a fundamental breakthrough related to the development of liver cancer.
Jun 1, 2023
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Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions, according to a study from ...
May 25, 2023
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