«A South American amphibian could potentially hold the key to
curing cirrhosis.»
Not exact matches
Cure rates were very high even for the hardest - to - treat patients: people with liver
cirrhosis (96 %
cured), people living with HIV using their usual treatment (97 %), people infected with genotype 3 (97 %) including those with
cirrhosis (96 %), and people who had been exposed to previous HCV treatments (96 %).
Patients with genotype 2 had a higher
cure rate (93 percent) than those with genotype 3 (61 percent), and patients without
cirrhosis had a higher response rate (81 percent) compared with participants diagnosed with
cirrhosis (61 percent).
The unique liver function of a South American amphibian, Siphonops annulatus, could pave the way to finding a
cure to the devastating liver condition
cirrhosis, a new study published in the Journal of Anatomy reports.
«In liver diseases where the underlying cause can not be
cured, progression to
cirrhosis is currently inevitable in some people.
12/27/2007 Researchers Show that Fibrosis can be Stopped,
Cured and Reversed Modified Protein Developed by UC San Diego Researchers May Lead to First
Cure for
Cirrhosis of the Liver University of California, San Diego researchers have proven in animal studies that fibrosis in the liver can be not only stopped, but reversed.