Dogs set to benefit from simple blood test to spot liver disease
Vets have developed a blood test that quickly spots early signs of liver disease in dogs, a study suggests.
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2018
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News tagged with liver damage
Nutmeg's hidden power: Helping the liver
Smelling nutmeg evokes images of fall, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider. But the spice has been used for years in traditional Chinese medicine to treat gastrointestinal illnesses. Now one group reports in ACS' Journal of Proteome ...
Biochemistry
May 9, 2018
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Mice flown in space show nascent liver damage, researcher says
In a discovery with implications for long-term spaceflight and future missions to Mars, a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has found that mice flown aboard the space shuttle Atlantis returned ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2016
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Better tests for liver toxicity would mean more medicines—and safer medicines—for patients
How many breakthrough new drugs never reach patients because tests in clinical trials suggested a high risk of liver damage when the drug actually was quite safe?
Biochemistry
Sep 8, 2013
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Safety first: Reporting food scares
Journalists believe their primary role in food scares is to inform the public of potential health risks, according to Flinders research.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2013
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Study on coumarin in cinnamon and cinnamon-based products
Many kinds of cinnamon, cinnamon-flavored foods, beverages and food supplements in the United States use a form of the spice that contains high levels of a natural substance that may cause liver damage in some sensitive people, ...
Other
May 8, 2013
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France will push for GM ban if cancer threat confirmed (Update)
France will seek an immediate EU ban on imports of a genetically-modified corn made by Monsanto if a study linking it to cancer in rats is deemed credible, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday.
Biotechnology
Sep 20, 2012
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Practical tool can 'take pulse' of blue-green algae status in lakes
Scientists have designed a screening tool that provides a fast, easy and relatively inexpensive way to predict levels of a specific toxin in lakes that are prone to blue-green algal blooms.
Environment
Jun 4, 2012
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System to deliver organ transplant drug -- without harmful side effects
A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the risk of harmful side effects, is being developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 26, 2012
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Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from lungs to liver
Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide -- common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines -- can travel from the lungs ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 17, 2011
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