Diagnostics
Recent findings in diagnostics described by researchers from Taiwan, the United States and France
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 21st, 2006
Study 1: According to recent research from Taiwan, complement C3a may be diagnostic of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
"Although the significant risk factors for HCC are well known from epidemiological studies, diagnosis of this disease at an early stage is difficult, and HCC remains one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Thus, to identify any useful HCC-related biomarkers is still a need," wrote I.N. Lee and colleagues, National Taiwan University.
"We performed SELDI-TOF MS to...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-08-21)
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