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A group of Skoltech scientists led by a Skoltech and MSU professor Olga Dontsova discovered a novel liver-specific non-coding RNA. The researchers tracked the RNA amounts in a healthy liver and that affected by carcinogenesis and…

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University It's called senescence, when stressed cells can no longer divide to make new cells, and it's considered a factor in aging and in some diseases. Now scientists have some of…

The Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG) of the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) has renewed its federal contract to operate the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).Credit: ©Chronic Disease Research Group …

Up to one in four Danes has an unhealthy accumulation of fat in the liver, also known as fatty liver. Fatty liver is rarely the cause of symptoms in itself, but people with fatty liver have an increased risk of developing diabetes.…

Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are learning more about how a person's genes play a role in the possibility they'll suffer from alcoholic cirrhosis with the discovery of…

Organoid-related discovery may also help drug makers screen potential pharmaceuticalsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--Scientists who were working on a way to determine the viability of batches of tiny liver organoids have…

Digital ILC 2020: Promising safety results on three different novel treatments for advanced or unresectable HCC represent a further step towards new options for patients with poor prognosisCredit: The European Association for the Study of…

International research group identifies three forms of disease progression for "acute decompensated liver cirrhosis" When the body can no longer compensate the gradual failure of the liver caused by liver cirrhosis, there is a high risk of…

New research collaboration tunes into signals that will help make better organoids to mimic functions of the trachea, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, bile ducts and pancreasCredit: Cincinnati Children's and RIKEN In…

Digital ILC 2020: Studies evaluating fecal microbial transplant and inflammatory signalling highlight the significance of gut microflora in alcohol-related liver disease and hepatocarcinogenesisCredit: The European Association for the Study…

Digital ILC 2020: European scientists develop new predictive models for HCC in patients with chronic HCV after a sustained virological response to direct-acting antiviral therapyCredit: The European Association for the Study of the Liver…

Since the early 2000s, alcoholic liver disease deaths among non-Hispanic whites, particularly women, have increased more rapidly than rates among other ethnic groups., reports a new study in the American Journal of Preventive…

Credit: Gil Costa (Title: Stronger together in the microbiome: how gut microbes feed each other to overcome dietary deficiencies, change host behavior, and improve reproduction) To study how the microbiome affects their host…

In mouse studies, UC San Diego researchers suggest that finding ways to prevent disruption of the intestinal barrier by high fructose corn syrup could avoid subsequent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Excessive consumption of fructose --…

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 24, 2020 - Hepatocytes -- the chief functional cells of the liver -- are natural regenerators, and the lymph nodes serve as a nurturing place where they can multiply. In a new study published online…

EConsults provide easy access to expert opinions, promoting collaboration between primary care providers and radiologists that ultimately improves patient care--including avoiding unnecessary imagingCredit: American Roentgen Ray Society…

Credit: DIfE Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, with sometimes life-threatening consequences. A high-protein, calorie-reduced diet can cause the harmful liver fat to melt away -…

Diet, exercise and hormone therapy may potentially benefit postmenopausal women; lack of hormone replacement therapy studies called 'a critical gap in clinical research' PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Aug. 14, 2020 -- A review article authored by a…

A chronic disease becomes treatableCredit: Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg What started off as basic research 25 years ago has now lead to a successfully approved drug: The entry blocker bulevirtide (brand name Hepcludex,…

The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country shows that maintaining osteopontin delays the onset of metabolic fatty liver disease during ageingCredit: Kateryna Kon / 123RF Metabolic fatty liver disease, known as non-alcoholic fatty…