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Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a process vital to all life on Earth.Friday, April 18, 2025 from British Liver Trust
April 19th is World liver day, this year’s theme is Food is medicine. In this blog, dietitian … The post World liver day 2025: The power of small wins to help your liver appeared first on British Liver Trust .Friday, April 18, 2025 from British Liver Trust
World Liver Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the liver, the largest internal organ in the … The post World Liver Day 2025 appeared first on British Liver Trust .Friday, April 18, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
Liver fibrosis is a key process in the progression of chronic liver diseases. However, there are currently no drugs specifically designed to treat liver fibrosis.Friday, April 18, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
Ferroptosis plays an essential role in chronic liver diseases, and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) affects liver fibrosis through multiple mechanisms. +Thursday, April 17, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
A study by the Stanford Prevention Policy Modeling Lab (PPML) finds that almost 30% of privately insured individuals in the United States, or nearly 40 million people, use at least one of the free preventive health services guaranteed...Thursday, April 17, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure, according to research published...Thursday, April 17, 2025 from British Liver Trust
Our support team are running an online session for carers next week and will be looking at … The post Anticipatory grief appeared first on British Liver Trust .Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key "zones" that perform specific major tasks.Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
While organoids aim to mimic human organs, the liver's repertoire of complex functions – and thus the energy it needs to operate – have made it challenging for researchers to grow organoids that proliferate and fully function, says Sato....Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
'Multi-zonal' liver organoids represent a significant step forward in developing lab-grown liver tissues.Tuesday, April 15, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
Researchers discover that inflammation and aging contribute to non-viral liver cancer development. Green tea's role in reversing some of the pathway dysregulation that may contribute to the cancer development and other therapies explored.Monday, April 14, 2025 from Drink and Drugs News» liver disease
The increase in alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic represents an ‘acute crisis’ requiring urgent government action, says a study by researchers at the University of Sheffield and UCL. While the death rate was stable in the...Monday, April 14, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses how diabetes-associated sleep fragmentation impairs liver and heart function via SIRT1-dependent epigenetic modulation of NADPH oxidase 4.Saturday, April 12, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the proportion of adolescents living with overweight or obesity in England has increased by 50% from 2008-2010 (22%)...Friday, April 11, 2025 from British Liver Trust
The British Liver Trust is proud to announce its partnership with the Rotary e-Club of Organ Donation … The post British Liver Trust becomes the first corporate partner of the Rotary e-Club of Organ Donation UK appeared first on...Thursday, April 10, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) are at high risk of bleeding with traditional artificial liver support systems.Thursday, April 10, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Liver Disease News Feed
The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an "acute crisis" requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Sheffield.Monday, April 7, 2025 from British Liver Trust
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has today recommended elafibranor as a second-line treatment for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). This … The post British Liver Trust welcomes SMCs decision to approve Elafibranor for use...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from British Liver Trust
The British Liver Trust recently took part in an important roundtable discussion hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary … The post Less Survivable Cancer All-Party Parliamentary Group shines a light on the importance of early...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from British Liver Trust
A new report from the UK Health Security Agency has highlighted the progress that has been made … The post Huge progress in reducing cases of hepatitis C, but measures must be replicated for hepatitis B appeared first on British...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
A team of Northwestern University scientists spanning disciplines have developed new technology that could lead to the creation of a rapid point-of-care test for HIV infection competitive with traditional lab-based HIV testing in a...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from British Liver Trust
Two sisters who have only recently taken up running will be doing the London Marathon next month … The post Sisters step up to marathon challenge appeared first on British Liver Trust .Monday, March 31, 2025 from British Liver Trust
Millions of people around the world have now had COVID-19 vaccines. When they were first available, COVID-19 … The post Update for people with liver disease on the Covid-19 vaccine appeared first on British Liver Trust .Thursday, March 27, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone estrogen and explain why they are less susceptible to certain infectious diseases than men, according to a new study...Monday, March 24, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
Health care workers are at higher risk of hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids.Monday, March 24, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
Hepatitis B is a liver infection cause by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and long-term hepatitis B infections that last longer than six months are considered "chronic".Monday, March 24, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
A comprehensive study shows that people with fatty liver disease have almost twice the mortality rate of the general population. They have an increased risk of dying from both liver diseases and common diseases such as cancer and...Sunday, March 23, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
Researchers uncover how probiotics and diet shape the gut microbiome to boost vaccine efficacy, offering new avenues for precision immunization.Friday, March 21, 2025 from British Liver Trust
Members of the public in Caerphilly, Hereford, Gloucester and Reading are being encouraged to get their liver … The post Roadshow visits Caerphilly, Hereford, Gloucester and Reading to find those ‘unaware’ they have...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from Drink and Drugs News» liver disease
The number of people with chronic liver disease in Scotland is projected to increase by 54 per cent by 2044, according to a report from Public Health Scotland (PHS) – equating to an additional 23,100 people. More than 70 per cent of...Monday, March 17, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
Hepatitis B virus infection remains one of the leading causes of liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.Thursday, March 13, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life. A new study sheds light on changes to the fetus's bile acid, which affects how liver disease develops and...Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
New research suggests restoring stellate cells to their healthy and protective state could simultaneously reduce liver scarring and improve liver function.Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that hepatic stellate cells control liver...Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a polygenic disorder influenced by multiple genes, but their specific roles in the progression of disease remain unknown. To address this gap, researchers conducted a series of...Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.Friday, March 7, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
High levels of ammonia kill liver cells by damaging the mitochondria that power the cells. But this can be prevented using an existing drug due to start clinical trials, finds a new study in mice.Thursday, March 6, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
Investigators have found that the gene Asah1 plays a crucial protective role in preventing the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) into more severe forms of liver disease by regulating hepatic lipid homeostasis and...Thursday, February 27, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
A new study that has the potential to change the landscape of hepatitis B transmission in Africa. Researchers conducted an analysis revealing key interventions that could effectively eliminate vertical transmission of chronic hepatitis...Saturday, February 22, 2025 from News-Medical.Net Hepatitis B News Feed
In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Weill Cornell Medicine, and...Monday, February 10, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers describe successful tumor removal through the use of immunotherapy and targeted radiation therapy (TARE), in a patient previously considered ineligible for the procedure.Thursday, February 6, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver disease.Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Drink and Drugs News» liver disease
The post Caught in the act appeared first on Drink and Drugs News .Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from Drink and Drugs News» liver disease
How can we deny the health risks of alcohol? It’s hardly surprising that the alcohol industry is reluctant to commit to clearer labelling – but calling into question the evidence of health risks is an unacceptable turn (p6). Pointing the...Friday, January 31, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests.Monday, January 27, 2025 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver complications compared with patients who received...Thursday, December 19, 2024 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
A research team found out how AHCC, a standardized extract of cultured Lentinula edodes mycelia, might be able to suppress the progression of liver fibrosis.Friday, December 13, 2024 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
New research highlights the possibility of screening people with type 2 diabetes for liver damage at the same time as they undergo screening for eye disease.Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from Liver Disease News -- ScienceDaily
A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody response among people living with HIV who didn't respond to prior vaccination.