Oncology & Cancer
New drug extends advanced lung cancer survival
A new drug can help advanced lung cancer patients live longer and may aid in treating other kinds of cancer, researchers said Monday.
Jun 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New agent inhibits HCV replication in mouse models—no resistance seen
Treatments against hepatitis C virus have only been partially successful. A major problem is that antivirals generate drug resistance. Now Seong-Wook Lee of Dankook University, Yongin, Republic of Korea and his collaborators ...
May 30, 2013
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Medical research
Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage
A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is often precipitated by certain anesthetics and antibiotics. Researchers say these ...
Apr 30, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel therapeutic approaches to cure chronic HBV infection
Exciting new data presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 include results from early in vitro and in vivo studies targeting covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), which may form the basis of a cure for ...
Apr 25, 2013
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Health
New study highlights strong anti-cancer properties of soybeans
Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds. It is rich in protein, which usually makes up around 40% of the nutritional components of the seeds and dependent on the line, and can also contain ...
Mar 20, 2013
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Medical research
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, has identified ...
Mar 7, 2013
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Medical research
Cell discovery could hold key to causes of inherited diseases
Fresh insights into the protective seal that surrounds the DNA of our cells could help develop treatments for inherited muscle, brain, bone and skin disorders.
Feb 26, 2013
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Genetics
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 ...
Feb 7, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 ...
Jan 16, 2013
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Medical research
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 ...
Jan 9, 2013
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