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Mailman School of Public Health researchers report blood DNA can be early predictor of liver cancer

...lth have discovered a means for early detection of liver cancer. Using DNA isolated from serum samples as ... that have been associated with the development of liver carcinomas. This is the first study to prospectively examine potential biomarkers for early detectio...

Scientists discover new, readily available source of stem cells

... create muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells in the laboratory. The first report showing ...successfully used to grow bony tissue in mice, and liver cells were able to secrete urea, which the liver produces from ammonia. The potential to generate...

Liver regeneration may be simpler than previously thought

The way the liver renews itself may be simpler than what scientists ...way physicians make livers regrow in patients with liver diseases such as cirrhosis, hepatitis, or cancer. "The human liver is one of the few organs in the...

Antifungal drug kills TB bug

...steroid metabolism; they are also prevalent in the liver where they help us detoxify and dispose of countless chemicals and toxins that enter our system. Most bacteria have few, if any, P450s but we discovered that the TB bacterium has 20 different types." Even more exciting for the team was the knowled...

Link found between immune system and high plasma lipid levels

...o organs believed to regulate lipid levels are the liver and the intestine. Researchers looked at the mous...enzyme, hepatic lipase. This enzyme is made in the liver and secreted into the blood where it plays a key role in lipid metabolism. The livers of mice with ...

Soft-cell approach cuts animal tests

... number of human cell types such as lung, skin and liver can be used to represent target organs that are mo...hich is known to have a toxic effect on the liver, liver type cells such as hepatocytes can be chosen. The in vitro technique is cheap and portable, so s...

Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic; plus, it doesn't work

... potentially life-threatening reactions, including liver toxicity and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), as we...n the medical literature of a patient who suffered liver failure, requiring a liver transplant, after taking excessive doses of niacin. Many Internet site...

Gut research yields new anti-cancer approach

... cancer, and potentially cancers of the esophagus, liver and skin. Early work shows that a group of compoun...flux pumps, Taxol is not effective (e.g. pancreas, liver and colon), he said. High-dose PPARgamma inhibitors may overcome the limits of current treatment ...

Blood sugar's manufacture limited by building blocks' supply

...explained. In response, the body first breaks down liver glycogen, the principal storage form of glucose. H...etes who have too much glucose, partly because the liver produces more than necessary," Jain said. "Their glucose sensor is off. If you attenuate KLF15 in...

Investigating the measles virus as a tool to kill multiple myeloma

...at other cancers, including breast, pancreatic and liver cancer. ...

Studies force new view on biology of flavonoids

...tream is rapidly metabolized in the intestines and liver and excreted from the body. By contrast, vitamin C is absorbed 100 percent by the body up to a certain level. And vitamin C accumulates in cells where it is 1,000 to 3,000 times more active as an antioxidant than flavonoids. The large ...

First demonstration of new hair follicle generation in an animal model

...d essentially no true regenerative qualities. (The liver can regenerate large portions, but it is not de novo regeneration; some of the original liver has to remain so that it can regenerate.) In this study, researchers found that wound healing in ...

DNA-damage test could aid drug development

...tablished cell-culture system based on mouse fetal liver cells to create a new system based on adult red cell precursors from mouse bone marrow. Shuga patiently optimized the system, which allows the precursor cells to proliferate and differentiate in the normal way, dividing four or five times before losi...

Hepatitis E takes a piggyback

...eces as well as by eating pork: uncooked wild boar liver is one Japanese delicacy that frequently leads to ...ges in husbandry practices and avoiding eating raw liver might be more cost-effective measures should HEV’s hold on pig farms weaken....

Double the death rate from cirrhosis for 'blue collar' men

...oom examined death rates among Australian men from liver cirrhosis between 1981 and 2002. Their results w...one of the main contributors to the development of liver cirrhosis. Professor Najman said the study results suggested that men from lower socio-economic ...

Fat screen delivers plant-derived chemical with antidiabetic effects

... retention, weight gain, congestive heart failure, liver toxicity, and potential cancer risks, the researchers said. Therefore, alternative approaches to treating insulin resistance are needed. The researchers speculated that other small molecules that promote fat tissue by distinct mechanisms could be ...

Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection

...r means. HCV is also known to cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. "Although the risk of developing lymphomas is small, our research suggests that screening of HCV-infected individuals could identify conditions which may lead to cancer. It might then be possible to prevent progression to lymphoma," said...

Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy

...used in cell therapy for other ailments, including liver disease. "I think it's a brilliant idea," said ... important new way to treat diabetes and fulminant liver failure," said Link, 22, of Holbrook, N.Y. "I know about the health problems associated with diabete...

Keeping the immune system from starting a 'food fight'

...ic syndrome—including insulin resistance and fatty liver disease—even while eating a regular diet. In th...lic disorders, including insulin resistance, fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. This cluster of chronic diseases now constitut...

A cherry on top: Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors

...because the storage of excess energy as fat in the liver is a common effect in metabolic syndrome ?and beca...eanwhile, the measure of PPAR messenger RNA in the liver reflects the readiness of the liver tissue to express functional PPAR. PPAR is important to the proc...

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