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Bioartificial liver using human cells developed by Chinese researches offers lesser chance of body rejection

9/5/2016

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Researchers from the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences and doctors from Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital have developed a new bioartificial liver. The use of the device saved a 61-year-old Chinese female patient who had acute liver failure.
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Click here to read the article reported in the International Business Times, January 19, 2016
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PSC Overview

9/5/2016

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An informative video about PSC presented by Professor David Adams, July 2015. He provides a brief overview of PSC, its symptoms, management, causes, and future research. Published by PSC Support UK November 2015.  The video is approximately 26 minutes. 
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Please click here to watch the video.
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PSC Research Trials

9/5/2016

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A video presented by Dr Kate Williamson, MBBS  FRACP, Senior Clinical Fellow, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.  In this video Dr Williamson discusses PSC research at the John Radcliffe, Oxford and comments of stopping Urso infusions and liver biopsies in trials. It is presented by PSC Support UK. The video runs for approximately 10 minutes.  Please click here to watch the video.
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Endoscopic Evaluation and Management of PSC

7/26/2016

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.Francisco Durazo, MD | UCLA Digestive Diseases

​This video provides information on ERCP and was presented at
 UCLA Mellinkoff Gastroenterology and Herpetology Symposium, March 10-13, 2016.  Basic information on PSC is provided leading into a discussion on the evaluation of PSC by MRCP and ERCP, drug trials and management.
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Fighting liver fibrosis, the wound that never heals

12/17/2015

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Medical Xpress December 8, 2015

"Chronic damage to the liver eventually creates a wound that never heals. This condition, called fibrosis, gradually replaces normal liver cells—which detoxify the food and liquid we consume—with more and more scar tissue until the organ no longer works" ... Please click here to read the rest of the article.

Journal reference: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  
Provided by: Salk Institute  
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Study shows regions of genome underlying IBD consistent around the world

12/17/2015

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"The observation that genetic effects on disease risk are consistent across diverse populations is an important one because it suggests that the biology underlying disease is also consistent. This could have profound consequences for the treatment of IBD because drugs developed based on insights from genetic studies in one population could be used worldwide" .... Please click here to read the full article

News Medical. Life Science & Medicine: Published on July 22, 2015 at 8:41 AM
Source: 
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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3-D model replicates liver cells, may expedite drug testing

11/30/2015

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"Researchers have developed a 3-D device for replicating liver cells that could expedite drug testing, according to published findings in Biofabrication ... Skardal, Hall and colleagues created a 3-D device enclosing liver cells in a biopolymer that mimicked ECM. Liver cells were mixed with a UV-crosslinkable hydrogel solution, placed into the device and photopatterned to produce the tissue constructs in situ" 
Please click here to read the full article.


Skardal A, et al. Biofabrication. 2015;doi:10.1088/1758-5090/7/3/031001.
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Ileostomy, colostomy, urostomy: What’s the difference?

11/30/2015

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I came across this site the other day and thought it could be helpful for those with IBD who may be facing an ostomy. It's a personal blog with a lot of information. The blogger's name is Stephanie Hughes and she was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 1999 when she was 13 years old. She is a writer, a health activist and a triathlete. This particular page talks about the differences between an ileostomy, colostomy and a urostomy, but there is more information on her blog including a list of resources for IBD (many from the US).
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The Quality of Life Program

11/27/2015

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Transplant Australia have launched a new initiative, 'The Quality of Life Program' to extend the services they currently offer their members. It aims to provide information online and services to recipients to assist them post transplant. More details may be found here.
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Chinese surgical first as 3D printed model used for successful liver transplant in ten yr old boy

11/18/2015

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Exciting developments for those who may in need of a liver transplant in the field of 3D printing.

Nov 17, 2015 | By Kira
On October 29th, 2015, a ten-year-old boy from Guizhou, China, underwent a high-risk liver transplant surgery at Shanghai General Hospital that was assisted by 3D printing technology. It was first case of a 3D printing assisted liver transplant in China’s history. Yesterday, a full 18 days later, his doctors are happy to announce that both he and his mother, the liver donor, are recovering very well ... Please click here to read the full article.
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