Hepatology

Echosens Official Sponsor of Indian Symposium

PARIS, FRANCE--(Marketwire - Nov. 7, 2009) - Echosens, the French high-technology company specializing in non-invasive diagnostics in hepatology is the official sponsor of the Symposium held by Pr Sarin in the Famous Institute...

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AASLD: High SVR Rates Seen with Telaprevir for Hepatitis C (CME/CE)

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Availability of direct antiviral drugs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection moved another step closer to realization, with favorable results reported here for telaprevir in two Phase II studies.

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Long-term outcomes of positive fluorescence in situ hybridization tests in primary sclerosing...

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are at increased risk for developing cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Fluorescence in situ hybridization...

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BH3-only protein bid participates in the Bcl-2 network in healthy liver cells.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. Bcl-2 homology domain 3 (BH3)-only protein Bid is posttranslationally cleaved by caspase-8 into its truncated form...

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Gastroenterology/Hepatology Societies Release Report Evaluating Fellowship Training Curriculum

Due to the increasing complexities of treating digestive diseases, allowing gastroenterological (GI) trainee physicians the opportunity to develop enhanced abilities and experiences in specific disease areas or procedures will...

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AASLD: Direct Antivirals Can Beat HCV Without Interferon (CME/CE)

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- The first clinical trial of direct antiviral drugs against hepatitis C virus (HCV) without interferon was a success, researchers said, though the FDA currently won't permit such a strategy in the U.S.

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AASLD: HCV Now an STD in New York (CME/CE)

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- HIV-infected men in New York City are facing a new threat, researchers said here -- a new form of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that rapidly damages the liver and is transmitted primarily through sex with...

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AASLD: Antibiotics Top Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Failure (CME/CE)

Explain to interested patients that antibiotics were the most common cause of drug-induced liver failure in a multicenter study, with most cases ending in death or transplant. A prospective analysis of some 1,200 cases of acute...

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AASLD: New Drug Boosts HCV Clearance (CME/CE)

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Most hepatitis C patients who are initially unresponsive to standard therapy were able to achieve sustained virologic responses when the investigational drug boceprevir was added, a researcher reported...

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Obesity and Diabetes: Scientists at Australian National University, National University Medical...

New investigation results, 'The liver and the waistline: Fifty years of growth,' are detailed in a study published in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. According to a study from Canberra, Australia, "Fifty years of...

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