News tagged with liver toxicity

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 ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A breath of fresh air could improve drug toxicity screening

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed an innovative way to culture liver cells for drug toxicity screening. In a report to be published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

An enzyme in fish can demonstrate environmental toxins

The level of the enzyme carbonyl reductase (CBR) is elevated in the livers of fish that have been exposed to cleaned wastewater. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg can show that CBR has properties that may make it ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

At UC Davis, South Americans learn to help health, environment and industry back home

University of California, Davis, scientists are helping rice farmers in Uruguay stop polluting their waterways -- including drinking-water sources and a globally valuable nature reserve.

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Aspirin can prevent liver damage that afflicts millions

Simple aspirin may prevent liver damage in millions of people suffering from side effects of common drugs, alcohol abuse, and obesity-related liver disease, a new Yale University study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Perfusion CT may be used as a noninvasive tool in detection of hepatic toxicity

A research team from China investigated the microcirculation changes in liver of patients with tumor during chemotherapy by perfusion computed tomography (CT). Their study suggested that chemotherapy affects hepatic microcirculation ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new method for developing safer drugs

Amodiaquine was introduced as an antimalarial drug, but was withdrawn when serious adverse effects were observed. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a method that can be used to develop ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Developing a safer form of acetaminophen

Scientists in Louisiana are reporting development of a process for producing large batches of a new and potentially safer form of acetaminophen, the widely used pain-reliever now the source of growing concern ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0