Science news articles about 'hepatic diseases'

... cells from human umbilical cord blood can be an appropriate therapy for the treatment of hepatic diseases such as hepatitis, and therefore mean an effective alternative to bone marrow. According to a ...

... confirms that also NAFLD patients with normal ALT are at risk of progressive and severe hepatic disease, as well as of extrahepatic manifestations," the authors report. Doctors might consider liver ...

Patients with IBD have high risk of infection by hepatitis viruses B or C because during ... - Infliximab) in IBD patients can influence the course of hepatic disease once used in HBsAg positive patients. ...

... of this study, the authors suggest. While cholesterol is well-known for its role in non-hepatic diseases like atherosclerosis, it has never before been linked to human liver disease. The findings ...

... journal PLoS Pathogens. Adenovirus is a DNA virus widely used in cancer therapy but which causes hepatic disease in mice. Professor Len Seymour and colleagues found that introducing sites into the ...

... Regenerative Medicine, paves the way for the creation of a stem cell library that can be used for in vitro hepatic disease models. Presently primary human hepatocytes (PHHs) are the 'gold standard' ...