Tag: liver

Preventable liver disease costs more than diabetes

Toni on 27 March, 2013

Sydney team hopes to reduce the burden with research-led intervention

27 March 2013

Liver diseases have an impact on the Australian economy 40 per cent greater than chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes combined, according to a report released today.

The report estimates the annual burden of liver diseases in Australia at more than $50 billion. And yet almost all liver disease is preventable.

The Centenary Institute’s liver research unit is one of the biggest in Australia. It is also one of first in the world to try to come to grips with liver damage at its most fundamental molecular level.

On the Mongol Rally to boost the fight against liver disease

Operations on 19 June, 2012

One large steppe for liver research

Driving along the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan at 4000 m above sea level or through the Mongolian desert is a far cry from working on the genetics of hepatitis C in a laboratory in central Sydney.

But that’s the transition Wil d’Avigdor, a PhD student from the Liver Injury and Cancer Laboratory at the Centenary Institute is about to make in the next few weeks. Read More about On the Mongol Rally to boost the fight against liver disease

Why do some heavy drinkers get liver cirrhosis and some don’t?

Science in Public on 12 March, 2012

The US government is investing $2.5 million in a Sydney-based study to determine the role of genetics in alcoholic liver disease.

The study, announced today, should lead to better diagnosis and treatment of the condition – a silent epidemic that costs $3.8 billion a year in Australia alone.

How our liver kills “killer cells”

Science in Public on 20 September, 2011

Our livers can fight back against the immune system – reducing organ rejection but also making us more susceptible to liver disease. Read More about How our liver kills “killer cells”