Chronic hepatitis D (CHD) is the most severe form of viral hepatitis, carrying a greater risk of developing cirrhosis and its ...

Background Over a century ago, Virchow proposed that cancer represents a chronically inflamed, poorly healing wound. Normal wound healing is represented by a transitory phase of inflammation, followed ...

Correspondence to Dr Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan; chenlin{at}ntu.edu.tw Objective To ...

a Digestive Disease Research Center/Neuroenteric Biology Group, Department of Medicine, UCLA and West LA VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, b Section of Gastroenterology (111G-1), Tucson ...

Background Obesity is associated with accumulation of macrophages in white adipose tissue (WAT), which contribute to the development of insulin resistance. Germ-free (GF) mice have reduced adiposity ...

Correspondence to Professor Michelangelo Foti, Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland; michelangelo.foti{at}unige.ch ...

Correspondence to Professor Jun Yu, Institute of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; ...

Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Australia Dr N J Talley, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Clinical Sciences Building, PO Box 63, ...

Objective Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a defective mono-stranded DNA virus, endemic in human population (35%–80%). Recurrent clonal AAV2 insertions are ...

Introduction This paper quantifies the environment impact of single use (disposable) endoscopes compared to reusable scopes. Recently there has been a rising interest in disposable scopes to reduce ...

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Correspondence to Professor Alexander C Ford, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, West Yorkshire, UK; alexf12399{at}yahoo.com Objectives Despite ...