Alcohol-Related
Cirrhosis Deaths Skyrocket in Young Adults
Liver disease deaths jumped by 65 percent in the
United States, from 1999-2016, disproportionately
affecting adults ages 25-34. The increase in deaths
among young adults was driven entirely by ...
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How
Some Liver Cells Switch Identities to Build Missing
Plumbing
By studying a rare liver disease called Alagille
syndrome, scientists discovered the mechanism behind
a form of tissue regeneration that may someday reduce
the need for organ transplants. Researchers ...
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How
Hepatitis C 'Ghosts' Our Immune System
Scientists have discovered how the highly infectious
and sometimes deadly hepatitis C virus (HCV) 'ghosts'
our immune system and remains undiagnosed in many
people. By targeting a specific protein, .
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Protein
protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Researchers propose a possible therapeutic target
to treat fatty liver, a disease for which there
is currently no treatment. Non-alcoholic fatty liver
disease describes several liver dysfunctions of
varying severity, characterised by the accumulation
of fat in hepatic cells and not caused by high alcohol
consumption. This disease, one of the most common
in developed countries, affects around 25% of the
population worldwide. A team at the Institute for
Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has identified
one of the factors that confer protection against
this condition, namely the protein Mitofusin 2.
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