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Study finds liver cancer, potential target circadian clock proteins inside
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is already the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide--and cases are on the rise in both the United States and around the world. While chemotherapy, surgery, and liver transplants can benefit some patients,
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Study shows how liver cancer hijacks circadian clock machinery inside cell
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is already the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally--and cases are on the rise, both in the U.S. and worldwide. While chemotherapy, surgery and liver transplants can help some patients, targeted treatments
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Mystery child hepatitis outbreak passes 1,000 recorded cases: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has been keeping a close eye on the puzzling spread of hepatitis in previously healthy children, which has left dozens needing life-saving liver transplants.
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Kauvery Hospital performs successful pediatric liver transplants
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, today announced two successful paediatric living donor liver transplants.
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Dr Vikram Raut receives Trendsetter 2022 award from Hon. Governor Bhagat S
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI/Target Media): About 40000 patients in India need lifesaving liver transplantation procedure every year. About 0.5 liver transplants per million populations are currently performed in India vs 10 per million populations in developed countries. A liver is an ex
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6 Bengaluru children overcome challenges to receive critical liver transpl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 25 (ANI): In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown, six children suffering from end-stage liver disease, overcame all challenges to receive life-saving critical liver transplants at Aster RV Hospital here.
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Frailty associated with higher mortality for women awaiting liver transpla
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): A recent study headed by UC San Francisco and Columbia University highlights the role that frailty plays in a higher mortality rate in women awaiting liver transplants.
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Frailty associated with higher mortality for women awaiting liver transpla
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Women awaiting liver transplants in the United States are known to be about one-third more likely than men to become too ill to undergo surgery or die before receiving a liver.
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4 infants from Philippines undergo successful liver transplants at Delhi h
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The ease in travel restrictions has come as a respite for four infants from the Philippines who recently underwent liver transplants at a Delhi hospital.
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Amid COVID-19 fear, Delhi hospital conducts 10 liver transplants in two mo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): As COVID-19 poses a higher risk of developing serious complications for people with chronic liver diseases, a Delhi hospital has conducted over 10 emergency liver transplants in the last two months.
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Support of Karnataka Government saved the lives of two international patie
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): Manipal Hospitals take immense pride in announcing the successful recovery of two international citizens, who were in urgent need of organ transplantation during the ongoing pandemic.
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Discovery of new liver cells can make liver transplants redundant
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): Researchers have found single-cell RNA sequencing to identify a type of cell that may be able to regenerate liver tissue, treating liver failure without the need for transplants.
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