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Furthering fat loss in the fasting response
Researchers led by Osaka University clarified the relationship between autophagy and fat loss during the fasting response. Using a mouse model that lacked ...
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2022
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The good herb: buckwheat liquor helps cells clean house
Researchers from Osaka University have found that quercetin, a component of the traditional Chinese herbal medicine tartary buckwheat extract, can induce ...
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2021
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A simple blood test to identify patients at risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Researchers from Osaka University, along with international collaborators in Europe, have identified Thrombospondin-2 as a serum biomarker that confirms and ...
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2021
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Liver cancer cells manipulate stromal cells involved in fibrosis to promote tumor growth
Researchers led by Osaka University have found that liver cancer cells induce autophagy in hepatic stellate cells, causing them to produce a growth factor ...
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2020
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A library of mice to look up the best liver cancer treatment
Researchers from Osaka University have developed a mouse model that reproduces the real-world variety of genetic drivers of liver cancer, and used this model ...
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2020
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Breast cancer gene a potential target for childhood liver cancer treatment
Hepatoblastoma is a rare liver cancer that mainly affects infants and young children and is associated with mutations in the β-catenin gene. Researchers from ...
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2019
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Sleeping Beauty Helps Identify Genes Involved in a Fatty Liver-associated liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma, a deadly form of liver cancer, is increasingly being linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; however, the underlying genetic ...
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2018
