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ILTS 2014: State of the art lecture: Transplantation or medical care for acute liver failure

Written by | 6 Aug 2014

Report from the Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE 2014.  Roger Williams, Institute of Hepatology/Foundation for Liver Research, London, UK.   Medical care after acute liver failure… read more.

ESOT 2013 Report – Retransplantation of abdominal organs

Written by | 23 Oct 2013

Re-transplantation is the only option available for salvaging a failed abdominal graft. As the outcomes after primary transplantations continue to improve, even with the increasing use of extended-criteria… read more.

EASL 2013 Report – Hepatitis C treatment in rapid transition

Written by | 4 Jun 2013

by Bruce Sylvester – Nine thousand clinicians gathered at the 2013 annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver/International Liver Congress in Amsterdam on… read more.

EASL 2013 Report – MK-5172 shows high, durable response in HCV

Written by | 30 May 2013

Hepatitis C patients treated with Merck’s investigative MK-5172, an oral NS3/4A protease inhibitor, combined with 24 or 48 weeks of peginterferon alfa 2b (Pegasys/ Roche) and ribavirin (Ribasphere/… read more.

Study reports increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile infection

Written by | 2 Oct 2012

C. difficile is a bacterium that is common in the environment. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 337,000 cases of CDI are reported each… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – New Hepatitis C treatments may improve outlook

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins – The state of treatment for Hepatitis C patients waiting for a liver transplant leaves a lot to be desired

EASL 2012 Report – Anemia management in Hepatitis C patients

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers from a Phase III study report no difference in rates of viral clearance between two anemia management strategies for patients with chronic hepatitis… read more.

EASL 2012 Report – Europe bears high costs of chronic liver diseases and high mortality in cirrhosis

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Two studies presented at EASL suggest the real human and economic costs of liver disease across Europe.

Study reports increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (C. diff)

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

C. difficile is a bacterium that is common in the environment. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 337,000 cases of CDI are reported each… read more.

EASL 2012 Report – CO-PILOT: Emerging, investigative interferon-free HCV treatment

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that combination  ABT-450 with ritonavir (ABT-450/r, Abbott) plus ABT-333 plus ribavirin (RBV) is both well tolerated and led to high sustained virological… read more.

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