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‘Memory’ Natural Killer Cells Involved in Hepatitis B Virus Immune Response
22 Jun 2020

‘Memory’ Natural Killer Cells Involved in Hepatitis B Virus Immune Response

HEPATITIS B virus (HBV) vaccinations protect through immunological memory, i.e. the vaccine ‘trains’ the immune system…
Survey Results Reveal Need for Earlier Diagnosis of Liver Disease
23 Mar 2020

Survey Results Reveal Need for Earlier Diagnosis of Liver Disease

THE LARGEST survey of liver disease patients in the UK has revealed that half of the respondents did not exhibit symptoms prior to their diagnosis…
Could Aspirin Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer in Viral Hepatitis?
23 Mar 2020

Could Aspirin Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer in Viral Hepatitis?

ASPIRIN could be an effective therapy in reducing the risk of liver cancer and liver-related death in patients with chronic viral…
18 Dec 2019

Positive Outcomes from Minimum Alcohol Pricing in Scotland

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) was first introduced in Scotland in 2018, raising the price per unit of alcohol to 50p. Now, experts…
18 Dec 2019

Phage Therapy Shows Potential in Treating Alcoholic Liver Disease

BACTERIOPHAGES have been used to successfully treat alcoholic liver disease in mice in a recent study…
17 Dec 2019

The News is all Good about Hepatitis C

I should not be alive to write this. It took a medical miracle, the world’s first ever cure for a virus, and some close timing. It also took me pushing…
24 Sep 2019

Suppression of stress-induced enzyme as therapeutic target for liver cancer

EXPRESSION of an enzyme as a stress-response upregulates significant proliferation pathways in the progression of liver cancer, according to a new study…
24 Sep 2019

Alcohol-Producing Gut Bacteria May Damage Liver

NON-ALCOHOLIC fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterised by the build-up of fat in the liver, arising from factors other than alcohol…