Dr Venugopal specialises in children's cardiac surgery, a field which requires delicacy and precision. The average newborn baby's heart is about the size of a small strawberry. The Indian-trained ...

Despite severe cholestatic liver disease due to bile duct paucity, intrahepatic fibrosis in Alagille syndrome (ALGS) differs from other cholestatic liver diseases. The way cell populations are ...

Cardiac arrhythmias can produce a range of symptoms—from very mild, like lightheadedness, to life-threatening, including cardiac arrest. These can be divided into a “classic” group of symptoms that ...

Moreover, the expression of Bax, a pro-apoptotic marker, is decreased with Lats-IN-1 treatment in MI mice ... implies a mitigating effect of Lats-IN-1 on cardiac fibrosis. Another pivotal finding is ...

Expert Rev Proteomics. 2009;6(4):421-431. Currently, there is a lack of ideal clinical-chemical tests. Characterization of the liver proteome has become one specific step towards improvement in ...

In breast cancer treatment, radiation fibrosis—scar tissue that forms as a result of damage caused by radiation therapy—can occur in the breast and chest wall. It can also strike the lungs and bones.

Chronic hepatic disease damages the liver and the resulting wound-healing process might lead to liver fibrosis and subsequent cirrhosis development. Fibrosis is the excessive deposition of ...

In this Q&A, Xie elaborates on the study's findings and explains why new diagnostic tools and treatment options for liver fibrosis are greatly needed. What is liver fibrosis and who is at risk?

IN 2010 AN American girl called Emily Whitehead developed a form of leukaemia that is usually terminal. She was five years old. Two years later, she became the first paediatric patient to be ...

Damar Hamlin is not just a feel-good story for the Buffalo Bills in his remarkable recovery from cardiac arrest — he's also an impact player. The fourth-year safety recorded his first career ...