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Hepatitis C Drug May Revolutionize Treatment
March 30, 2011 — The drug boceprevir helps cure hard-to-treat hepatitis C, offering a brighter outlook for patients who have not responded to standard ... > full story -
Smoking in Combination With Immunosuppression Poses Greater Risk for Transplant-Related Carcinoma
March 29, 2011 — Researchers have found that liver transplant recipients who quit smoking have a lower incidence of smoking-related malignancies (SRM) than patients who keep smoking. In fact, SRMs were identified in ... > full story -
Vitamin D Deficiency in Cirrhosis
March 15, 2011 — A research team from Denmark examined the vitamin D status in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis compared to those with primary biliary cirrhosis. They found that vitamin D deficiency in cirrhosis ... > full story -
New Gene Sites Affecting Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Discovered
March 10, 2011 — Five genetic variants in humans -- four new -- associate with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a ... > full story -
Alcohol Abuse History Influences Quality of Life Following Liver Transplant
March 9, 2011 — A history of alcohol abuse significantly impacts quality of life for patients after liver transplant, according to ... > full story -
HBV Infection Decreases Risk of Liver Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer Patients
March 8, 2011 — A research team from China evaluated the effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on liver metastasis of colorectal cancer. The study showed that HBV infection decreases the risk of liver ... > full story -
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IL28B Gene Predicts Treatment Outcome for Liver Transplantation Patients
March 2, 2011 — Researchers have found a significant association of IL28B genotypes to interferon-based antiviral treatment outcome, and to graft inflammation caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study determined ... > full story -
Fatty Liver May Herald Impending Type 2 Diabetes
February 24, 2011 — Individuals with fatty liver were five times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those without fatty liver. This higher risk seemed to occur regardless of the patient's fasting insulin ... > full story -
Liver, Dietary Proteins Key in Fertility
February 1, 2011 — When you think about organs with an important role in reproduction, the liver most likely doesn't spring to mind. But a new report shows that estrogen receptors in the liver are critical for ... > full story -
MRI: An Accurate Method to Evaluate Iron Overload
January 31, 2011 — A research team from Iran investigated the accuracy of T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI T2*) in the evaluation of iron overload in beta-thalassemia major patients. The study showed that ... > full story
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