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Liver Disease News

A news summary from around the world about the fight against liver diseases.

Hepatitis C Battle Intensifying
Posted on September 8th 2008
Liver specialists in Nevada are seeing an increase in patients since health officials in February announced an outbreak of hepatitis C cases linked to an endoscopy clinic.

Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage
Posted on September 7th 2008
In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants.

African-Americans Twice As Likely As Caucasians To Die Following A Liver Operation, Study Finds
Posted on September 4th 2008
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows African Americans are more than twice as likely as Caucasians to die in the hospital after surgical removal of part of the liver -- an increasingly used procedure for the treatment of liver cancer.

Progenitor cells eyed for liver transplants
Posted on September 2nd 2008
German researchers report they have isolated progenitor cells, the stage above stem cells, from human liver specimens. When transplanted into mice, the cells show signs of "taking" and becoming new liver cells.

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