News tagged with liver parenchyma
Liver cell adenoma or hepatocellular carcinoma?
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Liver cell adenoma (LCA) is a benign tumor of the liver parenchyma that is associated with the use of oral contraceptives or with glycogen-storage disease. A group in Japan reported a case of LCA found in a 40-year-old woman ...
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Can Taurine be a potent antioxidant drug in the future?
Sep 19, 2008 |
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Taurine is a potent antioxidant with hepatoprotective effects. Organelle based changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment in experimental liver fibrosis were searched systematically and organelle injury scores decreased ...
Keeping hepatitis C virus at bay after a liver transplant
Oct 01, 2009 |
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One of the most common reasons for needing a liver transplant is liver failure or liver cancer caused by liver cell infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, in nearly all patients the new liver becomes infected with ...
Radiology procedure may help increase long-term survival in patients with severe liver cancer
Nov 20, 2009 |
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In patients with unresectable (unable to be removed by surgery) liver cancer, an interventional radiology procedure called triple-drug transcatheter arterial chemoemobolization (TACE) followed by a liver transplant may significantly ...
A high fat diet during pregnancy can lead to severe liver disease in offspring
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered a previously unknown link between a mother's diet in pregnancy and a severe form of liver disease in her child.
Largest-ever database for liver proteins may lead to treatments for hepatitis
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Scientists at a group of 11 research centers in China are reporting for the first time assembly of the largest-ever collection of data about the proteins produced by genes in a single human organ.
Women, blacks, Medicare recipients less likely to be evaluated for liver transplantation
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Patient race, gender and insurance status influence decisions about who will go on to receive liver transplants, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study. Available online and published in the September ...
Lower tacrolimus doses is suitable for living donor liver transplantation with small-for-size graft
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Several studies have shown that living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients required smaller doses of tacrolimus compared with deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) patients, which indicated that liver regeneration could ...
Medication effective for acute liver failure in early stages of disease
Oct 08, 2009 |
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The antidote for acute liver failure caused by acetaminophen poisoning also can treat acute liver failure due to most other causes if given before severe injury occurs, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...
Research isolates liver cancer stem cells prior to tumor formation
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Penn State College of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Southern California, have taken an important step in understanding the role of stem cells in development of liver cancer. Using ...
FDA probes liver damage with weight loss pill alli
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is investigating reports of liver damage in patients taking alli, the only nonprescription weight loss drug approved by the agency.
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