Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cytoglobin: Key player in preventing liver disease
Researchers have discovered that the use of Cytoglobin (CYGB) as an intravenous drug could delay liver fibrosis progression in mice.
Feb 16, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Clinical trial shows combination therapy with vitamin A is safe for patients with pancreatic cancer
A treatment combination involving the addition of a form of vitamin A to the current standard treatment regimen for pancreatic cancer is safe for patients, according to an early phase clinical trial led by Queen Mary University ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New study targets Achilles' heel of pancreatic cancer, with promising results
Advanced pancreatic cancer is often symptomless, leading to late diagnosis only after metastases have spread throughout the body. Additionally, tumor cells are encased in a "protective shield," a microenvironment conferring ...
Apr 17, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Reseachers reveal new molecular mechanism involved in pancreas repair
Ramón Muñoz-Chápuli and Rita Carmona, researchers of the UMA Department of Animal Biology, have identified a new molecular mechanism involved in pancreas repair.
Mar 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumour protein could hold key to pancreatic cancer survival
A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often a death sentence because current chemotherapies have little impact on the disease.
Feb 23, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Pancreatic cancer paves the path for metastases in the liver at an exceptionally early stage
Pancreatic cancer is an exceptionally aggressive type of cancer. Frequently, metastases already start to grow in other organs, particularly often in the liver, before the original tumor was even detected. Scientists from ...
Oct 6, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Pancreatic cancer cells find unique fuel sources to keep from starving
Pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation in dense tumors by ordering nearby support cells to supply them with an alternative source of nutrition. This is the finding of a study in cancer cells and mice published August 10 ...
Aug 10, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
'Black death' offers clues to battling HIV and hepatitis C centuries later
The Black Death swept Europe in the 14th century eliminating up to half of the population but it left genetic clues that now may aid a University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher in treating HIV patients co-infected with hepatitis ...
Mar 4, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Modified protein reverses cirrhosis in lab rats
A protein modified to increase the amount of time it circulates in the bloodstream appears to reverse liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in rats, according to results of a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.
Mar 3, 2016
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Inflammatory disorders
New liver cancer target is a protein that accelerates inflammation
Hepatitis, alcohol consumption, even obesity can produce chronic inflammation in the liver and set the stage for cancer.
Dec 30, 2014
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