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Review of International Liver Congress 2021

PICTURESQUE Geneva, Switzerland, encircling Lac Léman with the famous Jet d’Eau fountain and overlooked by the Alps, would have…

Interview: Thomas Berg

The truth is my interest and fascination for liver and hepatology was very much influenced by my father…

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Referral of Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease with Significant Fibrosis from Primary Care to Secondary Care in Belgium

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming the most frequent cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. The stage of fibrosis…

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Gene Editing to Treat Hypercholesterolaemia and Primary Hyperoxaluria

THE INTERNATIONAL Liver Congress (ILC) 2021 of the The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) invited three speakers…

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Editor’s Pick: Elevated Glucagon in a Patient with Necrolytic Acral Erythema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Necrolytic acral erythema (NAE) was first described in 1996 by el Darouti and Abu el Ela in Egypt.1 It is most…

Interview: Stephen Ryder

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) was discovered when I was a trainee and was a huge scientific breakthrough.

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MicroRNA-27a-3p Modulates FoxO1 to Induce Tumour-Like Phenotypes in Bile Ducts

The authors analyse the miR landscape of CCA and non-malignant livers to define their roles in orchestrating gene regulation and promoting CCA development.

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A MET-Agonistic Antibody Mimicking Hepatocyte Growth Factor Accelerates Liver Regeneration and Improves Survival in Mice Undergoing Carbon Tetrachloride Exposure and Partial Hepatectomy

Small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) is defined by prolonged cholestasis, coagulopathy, and ascites within the first week of liver…

Interview: Kieron Lim

Research in the field of HCC has enabled us to better understand the molecular signatures, tumour biology…

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Difficult Biliary Cannulation in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Definitions, Risk Factors, and Implications

Over the past 50 years, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has become the preferred minimally invasive method…