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Credit: Benedetta Artegiani, © Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute and Radboud University have developed a human model in which they use organoids, or mini organs, to study the function of specific genes…

Credit: Dr. Eleonora Adami, Duke-NUS Medical School A team of researchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School and National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) found that deactivating a specific protein ? interleukin 11 (IL11) - with drugs called…

BfR Opinion No 017/2019 of 13 May 2019 The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) deals regularly with the contamination of food with 1,2-unsaturated PA. It has already published opinions on the occurrence of 1,2-unsaturated PA…

Many patients with potentially deadly liver cirrhosis and liver cancer are being diagnosed at late advanced stages of disease, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London and the University of Glasgow Many patients with…

Study of exercise habits of 117,000 people over 26 years assesses risk factors San Diego, Calif. (May 19, 2019) -- Physical activity, including walking and muscle-strengthening activities, were associated with significantly reduced risk of…

Exposure to glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, correlates to more severe cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's popular weed killer Roundup, has been…

It might be more useful than we knowCredit: Authors In a paper to be published in a forthcoming issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School have done a study on the viability of donated livers and its…

Results to be exhibited at ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 9, 2019--Although arterial phase hyperenhancement (APHE) is a key feature of untreated or recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), standard response assessment such as…

Study explores the connection between two conditions that may revolve around bile acids San Diego, Calif. (May 9, 2019) -- A new link has been found between a rare and serious condition that typically presents as itchy palms during…

Blocking protein-digesting enzyme tricks mice into releasing more beneficial hormones Rockville, Md. (May 8, 2019)--Blocking the action of an enzyme involved in protein digestion may improve metabolic health, according to a new study…