Liver Diseases

Disaster aftermath: The risk of epidemic diseases (CBC)

16 May 2008

Natural disaster can kill hundreds of thousands of people a year. But the aftermath can keep on claiming lives. Outbreaks of infectious diseases following hurricanes, cyclones, tsunamis and earthquakes are not uncommon in the developing world. They are rare in developed countries. Most post-disaster disease is spawned by poor sanitation, a lack of safe drinking water and contaminated food.

Islet Cell Transplants Aid Type 1 Diabetics (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Transplanted islet cells help people with type 1 diabetes live insulin-free for at least a year or two, and appear to provide longer-term improved metabolic control even after people have to begin using insulin again, researchers report.

From a set of formulas to visible changes in liver cancer (uniprotokolle)

16 May 2008

A positive evaluation by a European Union brain-trust set the course for the new research network CancerSys.