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Doctors report first death from fecal microbiota transplant

Details of an investigational study have emerged after a man died following a fecal microbiate transplant. The events prompted the FDA to set new safety guidelines for the practice.

31 Oct 2019

Researchers describe how malaria parasites prepare blueprint to attack humans

Within seconds after an infected mosquito bites, the malaria parasite navigates the host skin and blood vessels to invade the liver, where it will stay embedded until thousands of infected cells burst into the bloodstream, launching malaria's deadly blood-stage infection.

31 Oct 2019

Proton radiation therapy can help treat patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Two new studies support and inform the use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a common but often fatal type of liver cancer for which there are limited treatment options. One study (Sanford et al.) suggests that proton radiation, compared to traditional photon radiation, can extend overall survival with reduced toxicity.

30 Oct 2019

New contrast agent improves MRI diagnosis of early liver fibrosis

A new compound has been invented to bind to liver cells that are in the early stages of damage, thus making it easier to pick them up using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).

30 Oct 2019

New way to slow and reverse fibrosis identified

In cell and mouse models, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified a way to slow and reverse the process of uncontrolled internal scarring, called fibrosis.

30 Oct 2019

Avocados may hold the key to managing obesity and preventing diabetes

Your guacamole may hold the key to managing obesity and helping delay or prevent diabetes, according to a new study by a University of Guelph research team.

30 Oct 2019

Studies support use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with fatal type of liver cancer

Two new studies support and inform the use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, a common but often fatal type of liver cancer for which there are limited treatment options.

30 Oct 2019

MRI contrast agent enables early detection of liver disease

Researchers have developed a new MRI contrast dye that enables more accurate and safer detection of early-stage liver disease than currently approved agents.

30 Oct 2019

Cleveland Clinic successfully performs first laparoscopic living donor liver transplantation

Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed the Midwest's first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation in an adult recipient.

30 Oct 2019

ACG 2019 to review latest scientific advances in diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases

More than 5,500 gastroenterologists and other health care professionals will convene at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX for the premier clinical gastroenterology event - the American College of Gastroenterology's 84th Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course (ACG 2019) - to review the latest scientific advances in gastrointestinal research, treatment of digestive diseases and clinical practice management.

30 Oct 2019

IU researcher receives NIH grant to perform clinical trial on cirrhosis

An Indiana University School of Medicine researcher has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a clinical trial, aimed at providing new avenues to improve liver function for patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.

30 Oct 2019

First effective noninvasive method for diagnosing early-stage liver diseases

A safer and more sensitive contrast dye for MRI tests developed by a team led by Georgia State University researchers may provide the first effective, noninvasive method for detecting and diagnosing early-stage liver diseases, including liver fibrosis.

29 Oct 2019

Early detection, treatment may reduce risk of death from systemic JIA-associated lung disease

For thousands of children living with the debilitating disease systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a class of medications known as "biologics" have produced dramatic, life-changing improvements.

29 Oct 2019

IDIBELL researchers identify involvement of cell membrane protein in liver cancer

Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have just described for the first time the crucial involvement of a cell membrane protein in the development and progression of liver cancer, according to an article published in the Journal of Hepatology.

29 Oct 2019

New diagnostic technique enables grading of tumor consistency using MRI

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a new diagnostic technique which enables the grading of tumor consistency using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The researchers used an imaging technique known as tomoelastography to visualize the mechanical properties of liver tumors.

28 Oct 2019

New injectable formula to treat joint inflammation has sustained effect for ten days

Thanks to a new injectable formula, Brazilian researchers have succeeded in enhancing the efficacy and prolonging the duration of action of a drug commonly used to treat joint inflammation.

25 Oct 2019

Pharma sells states on ‘Netflix model’ to wipe out hep C. But at what price?

When a long, black bus bearing the logo of drugmaker AbbVie rolls through Washington state next year, it will promote a new effort to eradicate hepatitis C infections.

25 Oct 2019

$5 million in federal funding to accelerate potential treatments for urea cycle disorders

An international research consortium co-led by Andrea L. Gropman, M.D., at Children's National Hospital has received $5 million in federal funding as part of an overall effort to better understand rare diseases and accelerate potential treatments to patients.

24 Oct 2019

Acetate derived from alcohol metabolism directly influences epigenetic regulation in the brain

Triggers in everyday life such as running into a former drinking buddy, walking by a once-familiar bar, and attending social gatherings can all cause recovering alcoholics to "fall off the wagon."

24 Oct 2019

SLU research halts toxic protein linked to muscular dystrophy in animal models

There is no cure or treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, an illness that starts with facial, shoulder and upper arm weakness and eventually affects nearly all skeletal muscles of those with the disease.

23 Oct 2019

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Doctors report first death from fecal microbiota transplant

Researchers describe how malaria parasites prepare blueprint to attack humans

Proton radiation therapy can help treat patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

New contrast agent improves MRI diagnosis of early liver fibrosis

New way to slow and reverse fibrosis identified

Avocados may hold the key to managing obesity and preventing diabetes

Studies support use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with fatal type of liver cancer

MRI contrast agent enables early detection of liver disease

Cleveland Clinic successfully performs first laparoscopic living donor liver transplantation

ACG 2019 to review latest scientific advances in diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases

IU researcher receives NIH grant to perform clinical trial on cirrhosis

First effective noninvasive method for diagnosing early-stage liver diseases

Early detection, treatment may reduce risk of death from systemic JIA-associated lung disease

IDIBELL researchers identify involvement of cell membrane protein in liver cancer

New diagnostic technique enables grading of tumor consistency using MRI

New injectable formula to treat joint inflammation has sustained effect for ten days

Pharma sells states on ‘Netflix model’ to wipe out hep C. But at what price?

$5 million in federal funding to accelerate potential treatments for urea cycle disorders

Acetate derived from alcohol metabolism directly influences epigenetic regulation in the brain

SLU research halts toxic protein linked to muscular dystrophy in animal models

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