First Gene-Modified Pig Liver Transplanted Into a Human
Mar 28, 2025 · Over 10 days, the porcine liver produces bile and porcine albumin, maintains stable blood flow, and shows no signs of rejection after transplantation into a brain-dead patient.
Kidneys or Liver: What to Monitor With Methotrexate in RA?
4 days ago · Liver-related adverse drug reactions were nearly three times more common than kidney-related adverse drug reactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using methotrexate; however, fatal ...
Nutrition Therapy Useful for Alcohol-Related ACLF - Medscape
Mar 25, 2025 · A recent study supports the importance of intensive nutrition therapy in managing patients with alcohol-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). In a randomized controlled trial, compared ...
The Growing Burden of Fatty Liver Disease: What’s Next? - Medscape
Feb 26, 2025 · MASLD is a steatotic liver disease associated with at least one cardiometabolic risk factor unrelated to alcohol consumption and is particularly common in individuals with T2D. Due to improved ...
Bariatric Surgery Lowers Risk for Liver Complications in MASH
Feb 26, 2025 · Among nearly 37,000 patients who underwent liver biopsy at the Cleveland Clinic Health System between 1995 and 2020, the research team identified 168 patients (69.6% women) with MASH-related ...
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Cause of Type 1 Diabetes?
Mar 20, 2025 · This transcript has been edited for clarity. As many of us know, there is a therapy for cancer, known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, that in addition to treating cancer can also cause new-onset ...
Rite of Passage or Road to Early Liver Damage? - Medscape
Between 2013 and 2018, the number of people younger than 40 years on the liver transplant list with a diagnosis of ALD quadrupled, from 3 per 100,000 to 13 per 100,000, making the condition the ...
Liver Cancer in Mexico: Why Are Men Diagnosed Later? - Medscape
Mar 4, 2025 · Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, affects women and men at similar rates in Mexico; however, men are more likely to present with the disease in an advanced ...
Understanding Obesity’s Role in GI and Liver Complications
Jan 14, 2025 · MASLD is the earliest part on the continuum of liver disease that can progress to metabolic dysfunction‒associated steatohepatitis (MASH), steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and in some instances ...
Five GI Disorders That Can Be Caused by Obesity - Medscape
Feb 28, 2025 · There's a direct association between increased body weight, MASLD, liver inflammation — metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis — liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.