but you may not be currently infected. Your immune system may have fought off the virus on its own without treatment. If you're positive or think you've been exposed to the hep C virus within in past 6 months, your doctor will order a test called a qualitative nucleic acid test (NAT...
but you may not be currently infected. Your immune system may have fought off the virus on its own without treatment. If you're positive or think you've been exposed to the hep C virus within in past 6 months, your doctor will order a test called a qualitative nucleic acid test (NAT...
The hepatitis C virus is a bloodborne virus that can be spread via objects that come into contact with blood from more than one person, including tattoo needles, ink containers and other equipment. When you get a tattoo, your skin is pierced by a needle and injected with a small amount o...
Takeshi Tikano’s latest film (or is it a TV show?) may not be the best thing out this week, but it’s one of the most intriguing. This hour and change movie is split into two halves. The first half is the story of an ageing hitman, told with a straight face. The second parod...
The aim of our study was to evaluate antibodies against 'specific liver' antigens in selected sera from patients with positive 'AMA like' and unidentified (UD) Hep2 cytoplasmic immunofluorescence (ctp IIF). Sera of 75 inpatients and outpatients from the Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana met ...
As the HIV population continues to live longer as a result of antiretroviral therapy, liver-related mortality has become one of the leading causes of non-AIDS related death in this patient population. The liver possesses a remarkable regenerative capacity but undergoes complex biological changes in ...
However, it is important to note that PH is not necessary for the diagnosis of PSVD and it is likely that these cases represent only a small proportion of the total number of cases [3]. The histology of NRH has been reported in a large autopsy study of over 2500 individuals, which ...
Each week our esteemed group of TV and movie reviewers impart their expert knowledge of all things streaming and boil it down to a handful of things you really need to be watching, going through hours of episodes to hep you make the most important decision of the week: what to watch in ...
Today, plastic pollution is one of the biggest threats to the environment and public health. In the tissues of exposed species, micro- and nano-fragments accumulate, leading to genotoxicity, altered metabolism, and decreased lifespan. A model to investigate the genotoxic and tumor-promoting potentia...
These include nutlin-3a [64], a small molecule activator of wild-type p53, and staurosporine [65], which is commonly used as a standard apoptosis-inducing agent. A subset of PGCCs exhibit senescence-like features, including positive staining in the senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA β...