News tagged with liver fibrosis

Spice in curry could prevent liver damage

Curcumin, a chemical that gives curry its zing, holds promise in preventing or treating liver damage from an advanced form of a condition known as fatty liver disease, new Saint Louis University research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Master Molecular Switch May Prevent the Spread of Cancer Cells to Distant Sites in the Body

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a master switch that might prevent cancer cells from metastasizing from a primary tumor to other organs. The switch is a protein ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

New study upends thinking about how liver disease develops

In the latest of a series of related papers, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Austria and elsewhere, present a new and more definitive explanation of how fibrotic ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study finds daily drinking is biggest risk factor in serious liver disease

Long-term daily drinking, rather than weekly binge drinking, is by far the biggest risk factor in serious liver disease, according to a new report from the University of Southampton.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Liver Scarring

(PhysOrg.com) -- High fructose corn syrup, which is linked to obesity, may also be harmful to the liver, according to Duke University Medical Center research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Mutations in gene linked to ciliopathies

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have discovered a connection between mutations in the INPP5E gene and ciliopathies. Their findings, which ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Molecular mechanism underlying natural taurine protection against hepatic fibrosis

A research team from China investigated the global protein expression changes in hepatic stellate cells affected by taurine using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry platform. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blueberry ameliorates hepatic fibrosis

A research team from China examined the effect of blueberry on hepatic fibrosis and detoxification enzyme systems in rats. The results demonstrated that blueberry has a therapeutic effect on CCl4-induced hepatic fibrosis ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds cholesterol regulator plays key role in development of liver scarring, cirrhosis

UCLA researchers have demonstrated that a key regulator of cholesterol and fat metabolism in the liver also plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis -- the build-up of collagen scar tissue ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Antifibrotic effects of green tea

Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New Target Identified for Scleroderma Therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified the molecule Egr-1 (early growth response factor 1) as a new therapy target for scleroderma, an autoimmune disease for ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Caffeine consumption associated with less severe liver fibrosis

Researchers from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) determined that patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who consumed more than 308 mg of caffeine daily had milder liver ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find new insights into inherited retinal disease

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered new links between a common form of inherited blindness affecting children and a gene known ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 17, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast