Word: livered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...liver takes eight hours to eliminate alcohol from the bloodstream, but Detoxahol, an experimental drug, may shorten that process to minutes. Compumed Inc., the California medical firm that holds the rights to Detoxahol, hopes to market it as a prescription drug within five years...
...Scientists have identified the defective gene that causes Wilson's disease, a disorder that destroys the liver and brain. The gene prevents the liver from removing the excess copper that enters the body in food; eventually, the metal hurts the liver and leaks into the brain. The finding could lead to a screening test and more effective treatment...
...Liver-cell cancer is most prevalent in Asia and Africa. But because such cancer is responsible for less than one percent of all cancer-related deaths in the U.S., Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine Dr. Kurt J. Isselbacher says Resnick's research is not as crucial to U.S. citizens as those in other parts of the world...
Researchers say that testing positive for the Hepatitis C virus does not necessarily lead to liver-cell cancer. And even when it does, the development is a long and not well-understood...
...While liver-cell cancer may not be a pressing concern to U.S. residents, researching this area is of importance to the scientific community...