Portable PS-OCT scanner could reveal donor liver health without biopsy

Each year, thousands of patients in the United States wait for a liver transplant, while transplant teams must make rapid, ...
ZME Science on MSN

A spray-on gel powder could help medics stop bleeding from deep wounds in seconds

A hemorrhage turns time into the enemy: each second of uncontrolled bleeding can push the body closer to shock, organ failure ...
The Scientist

Then and Now: Sangeeta Bhatia Tackles Liver Disease, Organ Transplants, and Cancer Diagnostics

Biomedical engineer Sangeeta Bhatia reflects on her journey in pioneering liver research, developing advanced diagnostics, ...
Science Daily

Hidden household toxin triples liver disease risk, study finds

Scientists have uncovered a new environmental culprit behind liver disease: tetrachloroethylene (PCE), a chemical used in dry cleaning and household products. The study found that people with PCE ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A simple blood test could flag type 2 diabetes long before it strikes

Researchers have identified a handful of molecules circulating in the bloodstream that can signal a person’s risk of ...
Richmond Times-DispatchOpinion

How a simple equation from Richmond changed liver care around the world | Guest column

A simple formula developed at VCU two decades ago has become a global standard for liver disease detection, helping millions ...

New biological clues behind coffee's benefit to liver health

In one of the most comprehensive studies of coffee and liver health to date, Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University ...
C&EN

Modular syntheses: Putting function first

And Schafmeister isn’t the only chemist turning to modular methods of synthesis to explore vast regions of chemical space. It ...
The Lancet

Acute liver failure

cDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA Acute liver failure (ALF) is a ...
The Lancet

Transcriptomic signatures during normothermic liver machine perfusion correspond with graft quality and predict the early graft function

aOrganLife Organ Regeneration Centre of Excellence and Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory (DSL), Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre of Operative Medicine, Medical ...
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FDA Approves the HepQuant SHUNT® Liver Diagnostic Test to Quantify Risk of Large Esophageal Varices in Adult Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis (Child Pugh Class A)

1. Devarbhavi H, et. al., Global burden of liver disease: 2023 update, Journal of Hepatology, 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.03.017. HepQuant has developed ...