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Chinese scientists call for ban on bear farming

(Phys.org) -- Three Chinese scientists, Xia Sheng, Haolin Zhang and Qiang Weng, all from Beijing Forest University, have published a correspondence paper in the science journal Nature, calling for a ban on the practice of bea ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 18 | with audio podcast report

Liver parasite lacks key genes for fatty acid synthesis: Genome sequencing of Clonorchis sinensis

The human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis affects more than 35 million people in South East Asia and 15 million in China. Infection by this parasite causes clonorchiasis. Repeated or chronic infection can lead to serious diseas ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeted agent selumetinib shows promise in biliary cancer

The experimental agent selumetinib has shown promising results in people with advanced biliary cancer, according to a multi-institutional clinical trial led by cancer researchers at The Ohio State University.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher levels of compound in blood associated with lower risk of respiratory disease

An analysis of data including more than 500,000 adults indicates that levels in the blood of bilirubin (a compound produced by the breakdown of hemoglobin from red blood cells) in the normal range but relatively higher were ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breakthrough in understanding life-threatening childhood liver disease

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital have taken a big step toward understanding what causes one of the most serious liver diseases in infants.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vanishing bile duct syndrome secondary to anti-retroviral therapy in HIV

Vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS) is an important cause of jaundice, and results from destruction of bile ducts in the liver. However, this syndrome is rare in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Nevirapine, ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gallbladder emptying in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an idiopathic chronic cholestatic inflammatory liver disease characterized by diffuse fibrosing inflammation of intra- and/or extrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in bile duct obliteration, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New pathology tests double sensitivity to detect bile duct and pancreatic cancers

Pancreatic cancer and bile duct cancer are difficult to diagnose and often fatal because they are discovered in the advanced stages of the disease. Researchers have developed new tests that double the ability to detect bile ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists elucidate which bacteria block artificial bile ducts

A consequence of the different cancers of the hepatobiliary system is blocked bile ducts. However, artificial catheters known as "stents" can remediate this problem. Stents are medical implants which reopen narrowed bile ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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