A European project with the participation of IDIBAPS aims to develop a technology to integrate NMR and bioengineered organs

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

4 years ago
BLOC, organ bioengineering, diabetes, fatty liver, Pancreatic islets, Magnetic resonance

The project, called BLOC (Benchtop NMR for lab-on-a-chip), aims to create a new technology that will integrate metabolite determination using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and organ bioengineeri...

A study in Nature concludes that immunotherapy is less efficacious in nonviral liver cancer

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

4 years ago
fatty liver, alcohol abuse, HCC, immunotherapy, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer

An article published in the journal Nature suggests that immunotherapy is effective in patients with HCC of viral origin but does not increase survival of patients with HCC caused by alcohol abuse or ...

Alterations in serum magnesium levels are presented as a new risk factor in liver disease

by CIC bioGUNE

4 years ago
liver disease, serum magnesium levels, fatty liver, nutritional habits

Individuals with alterations in magnesium levels have an increased risk of presenting fatty liver disease with inflammation and fibrosis, as concluded by a study that has just been published in Journa...

Researchers at IRB Barcelona identify a protein that protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

6 years ago
protein, fatty liver, "sistema nervioso central", Mitofusina 2

Work headed by scientist Antonio Zorzano proposes a possible therapeutic target to treat fatty liver, a disease for which there is currently no treatment. The study, which was done in collaboration w...

Anti-platelet therapy prevents the progression of fatty liver to liver cancer in animal models

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

6 years ago
Anti-platelet, fatty liver, cancer, platelets

A study published in the journal Nature Medicine proposes a paradigm shift in the approach to steatohepatitis, the most advanced degree of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, one of the diseases respon...