MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'ESAO - Liver Support Working Group' source. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:31:00 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1886319&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F10%2Fphd-student-award-in-regenerative-medicine.html The Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) offers youngtalented scientists in Berlin and Brandenburg: Best Publication Award: The award will be granted for the most outstandingpaper for progress in Regenerative Medicine accepted by a peer reviewjournal in the last two years. The award comprises 1.500 Euro. Best Presentation Award: The award will be granted for the best posterpresented at an international conference with a peer review system withinthe last two years. The award comprises 500 Euro. Info & Contact:BSRT, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin,E-Mail: award@bsrt.de, Web: www.bsrt.de (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1886319 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:20:00 +0100 1886319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773161&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F09%2Fmy-entry.html (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773161 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:36:00 +0100 1773161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773162&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F08%2Fthe-esao-one-day-on-the-liver-2008-in-geneva---thursday-sept-4th-2008.html As all the recent years the “One day on the liver” – a day dedicated to liver support systems and therapeutic strategies in the case of a failing liver - will take place during the ESAO 2008 meeting in Geneva.For the first time we organised the "Young investigators' Liver Session". We asked the heads of several groups working in the field to send one of their best students to present their latest results. This session is dedicated to PhD students and is chaired by PhD students involved in liver support research. Of course all participants of the meeting are invited to attend!The ESAO One Day on the Liver 2008 (ODOL) will take place Thursday, Sept. 4th, 2008. 08:30 – 09:30     Plenary Session        Chair: Falkenh... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773162 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:35:00 +0100 1773162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1445930&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F05%2Ftrm-awards-2008.html The Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine (TRM) Leipzig, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education and the Free State of Saxony, is charged with the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as preclinical models in regenerative medicine. For its new funding period that starts in 2009, researchers are invited to apply for awards to pursue research from bench-to-bedside. Funding is available for up to twenty awards and research groups in the four research areas of the centre: * Tissue Engineering and Materials Science (TEMAT) * Cell Therapies for Repair und Replacement (CELLT) * Regulatory Molecules and Delivery Systems (REMOD) * Imaging, Modelling and Monitoring Regeneration (IMONIT) Goal orientation with clearly defined milestone... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1445930 Thu, 01 May 2008 15:21:00 +0100 1445930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1445931&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F04%2Fhepa-wash-and-i.html Hepa Wash GmbH (Hepa Wash), a medical device company developing an innovative liver support device announced today that it has received a € 425,000 grant from the Bayerische Forschungsstiftung (BFS) to test the safety and efficacy of its laboratory prototype in a preclinical animal model for acute liver failure in collaboration with the II. Medical Department, University Hospital Rechts der Isar. The grant will be used to develop an improved animal model for acute liver failure in pigs that resembles much more the clinical situation of acute liver failure in humans than currently available models. This new model will allow to analyzing and evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Hepa Wash® treatment on the function of vital organs during acute liver failure, results that will be very ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1445931 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:16:00 +0100 1445931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1283392&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F03%2Frecent-reviews.html Recently several interesting reviews on liver support concepts have been published. Roger Wiliams, Institute of Hepatology, University College London Medical School, London, UK, reported on "Acute liver failure--practical management". John O'Grady, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK, gave an overview on the management of acute or fulminant liver failure: "Modern management of acute liver failure". J.P. Vacanti and H.I. Pryor, 2nd, reviewed the significant clinical findings of ALF, as well as, the non-biologic liver support systems and the bioartificial liver devices that have been clinically tested to support patients with this disease: "The promise of artificial liver replacement". A.C. DuPont provides the critical care clinician with a comprehensive revie... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1283392 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:37:35 +0100 1283392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1283393&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2008%2F02%2Farbios-receives.html Arbios Systems, Inc., announced that the Company has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of an Investigational Device Exemption to begin the pivotal clinical trial for SEPET™, Arbios’ extracorporeal artificial liver assist device for blood purification of chronically ill patients suffering from acute liver failure. Permission was granted to initiate the trial while the Company responds to the FDA’s conditions and request for additional information. In particular, FDA has requested a survival primary endpoint, which could potentially increase the total number of patients required for the trial. The trial design proposed by the Company has a primary endpoint of a two-stage drop in hepatic encephalopathy and its secondary endpoints include sev... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1283393 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:10:00 +0100 1283393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1282196&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F11%2Fbiological-scaf.html Professor Heike Mertsching and her team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Germany, have succesfully seeded human liver cells to a piece of pig intestine to use as a 3D model in the early stages of drug development. To build up test systems, a dedicated, PC-controlled bioreactor was developed in which the re-seeded matrix is perfused with fresh medium via the arterial inflow and the spent medium and degradation products are transported away via the venous reflux. The reseeding of the vascularized matrix with adult stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells results in a differentiation of the cells into endothelial cells whilst retaining their functionality (FDG-PET, fluoro-desoxyglucose positron emission tomography) and vita... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1282196 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:50:00 +0100 1282196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1282197&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F09%2Ffirst-world-bio.html (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1282197 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:38:00 +0100 1282197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=875143&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F09%2Fesao-board-of-g.html During the annual meeting of the ESAO 2007 in Krems Dr. Igor M. Sauer has been elected for the Board of Governors. (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=875143 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:47:00 +0100 875143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=875144&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F08%2Fesao-2007---one.html (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=875144 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:51:00 +0100 875144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=763622&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F07%2Fesao-2007-in-kr.html ESAO 2007 meeting in KremsOne Day on the Liver – Final program       The ESAO One Day on the Liver 2007 (ODOL) will take place Thursday, Sept. 6th, 2007 in Room E 11: 10:00 – 11:30 (90 min)    Chair: Vienken, Legalais What’s new in the world of liver support?10:00 – 10:15    Brief report from the USA (Ash) 10:15 – 10:30    Brief report from Japan (Hirasawa) Aspects concerning the (patho-)physiology of the failing liver10:30 – 10:50    Toxins in liver failure – what is relevant, what do we have to remove? (Joannidis) 10:50 – 11:10    Coagulation, anticoagulation, and the failing liver (Falkenhagen) 11:10 – 11:30    Alcoholic liver cirrhosis: successful Treatment with novel autologou... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=763622 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:51:00 +0100 763622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=762946&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F05%2Fapoptosis-chip.html               Floor Wolbers from the Lab-on-a-Chip group of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology developed a special microfluidic chip for monitoring the effect of medication on cancer cells. The new technique can already be applied in a clinical setting. At present, the process is monitored using an optical microscope, for high-throughput screening, electronics can be added to the chip. Using multiple chambers for cell culture, fast comparison will be possible. More information via  http://www.mesaplus.utwente.nl/news/floor_wolbers.doc/ . (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=762946 Tue, 08 May 2007 19:38:00 +0100 762946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511926&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F05%2Fone-day-ond-the.html The European Society for Artificial Organs has for a long time reflected scientific aspects for the treatment of liver failure using artifical and bioartificial liver support systems. Therefore, during the ESAO Congress in Lausanne in 2000, ESAO has introduced a special meeting called "One Day on the Liver". In 2007 our Liver Working Group, managed by Dr. Igor Sauer, will organize a highly ranked “One Day on the Liver Meeting”, which will be held on September 6th and 7th (end 12.30 p.m.). Thanks to an agreement with the organizers of the International Symposium on Albumin Dialysis in Liver Disease (ISAD) we have determined a way for both meetings to be attended with convenient low cost travel arrangements. A bus has been scheduled to leave Krems at 2.00 p.m.. The bus will ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511926 Thu, 03 May 2007 11:16:00 +0100 2511926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=762947&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F05%2Fperspectives-in.html (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=762947 Wed, 02 May 2007 19:21:00 +0100 762947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=762948&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F04%2Flow-cost-submic.html VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere University of Technology and Nanofoot Finland Oy have developed a direct-write three-dimensional forming method of biomaterials. The methodology enables fabrication of nano and micrometer scale structures that can be used as parts of tissue engineering scaffolds. The project is funded by the BioneXt Tampere Research Programme. More information is available via the  VTT webpage .             (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=762948 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:42:00 +0100 762948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574830&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F02%2Fgerman_biotechn.html Just two decades ago, biotechnology in Germany was taking its first developmental steps in the marketplace. Today, it is firmly established as a commercial branch. This is the picture emerging from the recent national biotechnology survey, taking in biotech companies of all sizes from across Germany, and carried out by biotechnologie.de on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). For the first time in this sector, the data complies with statistical standards as set by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), allowing for a reliable and internationally comparable description of the German biotech landscape.The biotechnology company survey was carried out between January and March 2006. From a total of 657 companies which were requested to pa... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574830 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:34:00 +0100 574830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574831&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F02%2Feasl_monothemat.html The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) invites you to join  the monothematic symposium on acute liver failure, which will take place in the Copenhagen, Denmark, September 5-7, 2007. There have been many advances in our knowledge of aetiology and pathogenesis that have allowed us to improve intensive care management of these desperately sick patients of whom many still succumb to either multi-organ failure or development of severe brain oedema. Refinement for the use of liver grafting in the most severe cases has also over the last decade been improved. Furthermore many new designs of liver support devices have been introduced of which several are undergoing clinical evaluation. More information is avaliable via http://www.easl.ch/acute-liver-failure/index.asp . (S... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574831 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:11:00 +0100 574831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574832&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F01%2Fworld_apheresis.html The combined meeting of World Apheresis Association (WAA) 11 th Congress and 6 th World Congress of the International Society for Apheresis (ISFA) will take place in Pacifico Yokohama Yokohama, Japan, from March 2―4, 2007. WAA federates many national, continental and international societies for hemapheresis and transfusion science, and ISFA is a representative international society for therapeutic apheresis. They have contributed to the development of these scientific fields for many years. These two societies serve a regular meeting every two years. This is the first combined congress of the two Societies. It is really an anniversary congress. Many lecture, symposium, workshop and seminars are planned in the congress. Highly scientific papers will be presented at free communications and... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574832 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:05:00 +0100 574832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=574833&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2007%2F01%2F4th_internation.html The final programme of the 4th International Symposium on Artificial Liver taking place in Chongqing, PR China, March 9-12, 2007 is avaliable. Final Programme March 9 Registration day March 10 Morning 8:00-9:00 Opening ceremony 9:20-10:40 Presentation session 1 9:20-10:00 The correction of disturbed pathophysiology of hepatic failure by albumin dialysis (Roger Williams) 10:00-10:40 Hepatocyte Transplantation for the Treatment of Liver Disease (Stephen Strom)　 10:40-12:00 Presentation session 2 10:40-11:20 Liver Support in Europe - status quo (Igor Sauer) 11:20-12:00 MARS – evidence and controversies (Alexander Chiu) 12:00 Lunch Afternoon 14:00-16:30 Presentation session 3 14:00-14:30 Progress in Artificial Liver Support System Li Lanjuan(P.R.C) 14:30-15:00 The diagnosis and therapy of ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=574833 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:03:00 +0100 574833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477701&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F12%2Fthis_blog_has_b.html The third annual Medical Weblog Awards! These awards are designed to honor the very best in the medical blogosphere, and to highlight the diverse world of medical blogs. The categories for this year's awards will be: - Best Medical Weblog - Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2006) - Best Literary Medical Weblog - Best Clinical Sciences Weblog - Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog - Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog - Best Patient's Blog (a new category this year) The Blog of the ESAO Liver Support Working Group has been nominated for the category "Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog". Other nominees can be found here. (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477701 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:13:24 +0100 477701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477702&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F12%2Fgoogle_patent_s.html Google launched a Search service dedicated to patents only: http://www.google.com/patents . The information comes from USPTO - therfore, only US-american patents are listed so far -, and results on Google do include links to the USPTO entries. (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477702 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:22:00 +0100 477702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477703&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F11%2Fjournal_of_visu.html is an online journal publishing visualized (video-based) biological research studies. This publication aims to solve some of the most difficult problems in the contemporary life science research:     * low transparency and reproducibility of biological experiments    * time-consuming learning of experimental techniques Example: Human ES cells: starting culture from frozen cells  As every practicing biology researcher knows, it takes days, weeks or sometimes months and years to learn and apply new experimental techniques. It is especially difficult to reproduce newly published studies describing the most advanced state-of-the-art techniques. Thus, a major part of the Ph.D. and post-doctoral training in life sciences is devoted to learning laboratory techniq... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477703 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:22:56 +0100 477703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477704&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F11%2Farbios_systems_.html Arbios Systems, Inc. , a company developing proprietary medical devices and cell-based therapies for the millions of patients each year who experience or are at risk for life-threatening episodes of liver failure, today announced the addition of two new senior personnel. Dr. Ulrich Baurmeister, Ph.D., has joined Arbios as Chief Technology Officer with responsibility for further development of proprietary blood separation technology for the Company, and Dr. Jan Stange, M.D., has joined as Senior Clinical Advisor, with responsibility for medical direction of the Company's clinical trials. Dr. Jacek Rozga, M.D., Ph.D., will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Scientific Officer on a part- time basis beginning November 30, 2006. All three individuals will work under retainer consulting ag... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477704 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:37:22 +0100 477704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477705&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F11%2Ftwo_articles_on.html Two groups describe hepatic differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Gouon-Evans et al. use knowledge of developmental pathways to produce immature hepatocytes that secrete albumin and store glycogen. Soto-Gutiérrez et al. show that ES cell-derived hepatocytes encapsulated in a bioartificial liver device are effective in treating mice with acute liver failure. In order to generate an alternative source of cells for BAL support, American and Japanese scientist around Ira Fox and Naoya Kobayashi differentiated mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells into hepatocytes by coculture with a combination of human liver nonparenchymal cell lines and fibroblast growth factor-2, human activin-A and hepatocyte growth factor. Functional hepatocytes were isolated using albumin promoter–based cell ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477705 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:20:00 +0100 477705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477706&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F10%2Fsmall_sections_.html , say scientists from Newcastle University, UK. The researchers say this technology could eventually be used to grow small livers that could be used for drug tests - doing away with the need for human volunteers to take risks. Earlier this year six volunteers became dangerously ill during a drug trial in the UK. The scientists warned that it will be tens of years before we are anywhere near producing whole new livers for transplants. However, within the next 15 years, tiny livers could be produced and used for treating patients. Team leaders, Dr. Nico Forraz and Prof. Colin McGuckin, have set up ConoStem, a company aimed at marketing their stem cell research results. Professor McGuckin said "We take the stem cells from the umbilical cord blood and make small mini-livers. We then give them ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477706 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:33:00 +0100 477706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477707&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F10%2Fworld_apheresis.html The combined meeting of World Apheresis Association (WAA) 11 th Congress and 6 th World Congress of the International Society for Apheresis (ISFA) will take place in Pacifico Yokohama Yokohama, Japan, from March 2―4, 2007. WAA federates many national, continental and international societies for hemapheresis and transfusion science, and ISFA is a representative international society for therapeutic apheresis. They have contributed to the development of these scientific fields for many years. These two societies serve a regular meeting every two years. This is the first combined congress of the two Societies. It is really an anniversary congress. Many lecture, symposium, workshop and seminars are planned in the congress. Highly scientific papers will be presented at free communications an... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477707 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:21:00 +0100 477707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477708&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F10%2Ftissue_engineer.html Discussion & Close If you are interested in attending this meeting please click here to find out more or to register. Registration is easy and straight forward. EuroScicon always endeavor to attract a balanced mix of presenters from both Industry and Academia, with cutting edge technology and applications in the BioSciences. A schedule for forthcoming events can be found at www.euroscicon.com . (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477708 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:59:00 +0100 477708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477709&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F10%2Fesao_2007_krems.html Dear colleague, dear member of the ESAO, On behalf of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO), it is my great pleasure and honour to invite you to the XXXIV. ESAO-Congress in Krems/Austria. Krems is very well suited to be the host city for the ESAO Congress, as the city is located in the centre of Europe being famous for its architecture, culture and art. It has a history of more than 1000 years and is one of the capitals of wine culture. The blue water of the river Danube emphasises the beauty of this region, which was selected by the UNESCO as a »World Heritage Site« Because of this special atmosphere, Krems became the capital for education and science in Lower Austria. The new campus involving two Universities will acknowledge your participation at the ESAO Congress. You ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477709 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:56:00 +0100 477709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477710&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F09%2Fstelic_specific.html Stelic Institute & Co., a Tokyo-based bioventure company specializing in regenerative medicine, has announced development of a new treatment method for acute liver failure: The Company's Stem Cell Dynamism Research Team has shown that a protein called chemokine1 CXCL102 directly affects hepatic cells, regulating their replication and proliferation. Research results demonstrated for the first time that hepatic cells possess a mechanism for attempting to repair the wide-ranging hepatic cell necrosis associated with drug-induced acute liver failure, and that anti-CXCL10 antibodies strengthen this type of self-repairing function at the in vivo level. More information via www.stelic.com (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477710 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:58:00 +0100 477710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477711&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F09%2Fupcoming_meetin.html   ESF-EMBO Symposium on Tissue EngineeringOctober 28–November 2, 2006. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain. For more information contact: Jane Dutton, ESF Research Conferences Unit. Tel: +33 (0)38876 7135; Fax: +33 (0) 38836 6987; Website: http://www.esf.org/conferences/lc06213. 44th Annual Congress of Japanese Society for Artificial OrgansOctober 31–November 2, 2006. Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan. For more information contact: Congress President, Dr. Yasuharu Noishiki and Yokohama City University. E-mail: jsao2006@convention.co.jp; Website: http://www2.convention.co.jp/jsao2006. 5th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMED 2007)February 14–16, 2007. Innsbruck, Austria. IASTED Secretariat Building B6, Suite #101, 2509 Dieppe Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Ca... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477711 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:42:00 +0100 477711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477712&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F08%2Frecent_relevant.html A. Jung et al. report on Bilirubin kinetic modeling for quantification of extracorporeal liver support (Blood Purif. 2006;24(4):413-422): The kinetics of conjugated bilirubin were described by a two-compartment model (V(c), V(p)) with central elimination (K) and constant generation rate (G). The transfer of solute between compartments was modeled by intercompartmental clearance (K(pc)). The central compartment (V(c)) was assumed as a constant fraction of total volume (V(c) = 0.3*V(t)). Eight patients were studied during 35 treatments lasting 6 h each. The average K, V(t), K(pc), G, and mass of conjugated bilirubin removed were 18.6 +/- 3.9 ml/min, 9.1 +/- 3.8 liters, 103 +/- 108 ml/min, 0.33 +/- 0.15 mg/min, and 641 +/- 275 mg, respectively. The reduction ratio (48 +/- 10%) measured as the... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477712 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:27:49 +0100 477712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477713&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F08%2Fnew_microscope_.html A new type of optical microscope was developed and tested by Howard Hughes Medical Institute's investigators. Offering resolutions of only 2 to 25 nanometers, the new microscopy technology is essentially not limited by the wavelength of the visible light: A new light microscope so powerful that it allows scientists peering inside cells to discern the precise location of nearly each individual protein they are studying has been developed and successfully demonstrated by scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Florida State University. The new technique far surpasses the resolution of conventional optical microscopes, which are inherently limited by the wavelength of light.... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477713 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:15:24 +0100 477713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477714&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F07%2F43rd_meeting_of.html The 43rd Meeting of the Society for Cryobiology in association with the Society for Low Temperature Biology in Hamburg, Germany, July 24-27, 2006, will cover a wide range of subjects including hypothermia, physiology of resistance to cold in plants, and applications of cryobiology in conservation/freeze-drying, surgery, cell, tissue and organ preservation. Relevant aspects of biology, molecular biology, physics, chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, medicine, transfusion medicine, cryosurgery, cryomicroscopy, mechanical engineering, tissue engineering and transplantation will also be covered. More information via www.cryo2006.org. (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477714 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:34:15 +0100 477714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477715&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F07%2Fesot_basic_scie.html After a very successful 1st Basic Course in Laboratory Skills in 2004, you will find attached the Announcement of the 2nd Basic Course in Laboratory Skills, which will take place on October 30 - November 2, 2006, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. PhD students, both young physicians and scientists, are encouraged to submit a short letter of motivation and a brief abstract describing their laboratory experiences and PhD project, which has to be sent by e-mail to Dr. Carla C. Baan: <c.c.baan@erasmusmc.nl>. The application deadline is September 15th, 2006. GoalThe course aims to expand the knowledge of laboratory skills within ESOT and to create an environment that stimulates collaboration between scientists to develop tools by which we can monitor rejection and tolerance after organ tra... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477715 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:14:00 +0100 477715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477716&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F07%2F5th_world_congr.html The Institut of Biotechnik e.V. together with the Technical University of Munich and Munich University of Applied Sciences cordially invite you to the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics 2006.Biomechanics covers a wide field from solid to fluid mechanics, from motion sports mechanics to automobile crash tests. It includes tissue engineering and biomaterials, artificial organs and sports therapy. At the 5th World Congress the newest experimental studies will be presented. Special emphasis will be placed on state-of-the art technology and medical applications. Only new, unpublished papers will be accepted.The 5th World Congress of Biomechanics will explore topics of interest to:    * physicans    * bioengineers    * mechanical and aerospace engineers   ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477716 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:43:00 +0100 477716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477717&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F06%2Fesao_2006_in_um.html (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477717 Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:32:00 +0100 477717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477718&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F06%2Frecent_relevant.html In conclusion, freshly isolated porcine hepatocytes can be preserved for 24 h at subnormothermic temperatures as low as 15 degrees C. (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477718 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:36:30 +0100 477718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477719&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F06%2Fprinceton_unive.html The winners of the 2005 Art of Science Exhibition at Princeton University  have now been announced. Fifty five works out of more than 200 entries that were submitted are now available online. "The Princeton University Art of Science Competition is a celebration of the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and engineering inform art and vise versa. Now in its second year, the competition is open to all members of the Princeton University community.                          (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477719 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:28:00 +0100 477719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477720&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F05%2Fspecial_issue_o.html An ideal extracorporeal liver support system has to provide the main functions of the liver: detoxification, synthesis and regulation. But do we need such an ideal in all clinical situations and can we afford it? The critical issue of the clinical syndrome in liver failure is the accumulation of toxins not cleared by the failing liver. This understanding led to the development of cell-free artificial liver support systems. This special issue of Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis is dedicated to cell-free artificial liver support, intended to give engineering scientists, inventors and clinical investigators an update and a better insight into the development and clinical evaluation of cell-free liver support systems. It gives an update on the status quo, both clinically and technically, of... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477720 Mon, 01 May 2006 08:49:32 +0100 477720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477721&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F04%2Frecent_relevant.html In conclusion, a significant decline in the serum level of water-soluble and protein-bound toxins was achieved with both devices. PROM produces higher blood clearances for most toxins, which results in higher delivered treatment doses compared with a matching treatment with MARS. A Modeling Study of Bilirubin Kinetics During Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System Sessions (Artif Organs. 2006 Apr;30(4):285-300) E. Magosso et al. present a quantitative description, by means of a mathematical model, of bilirubin removal during Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System sessions. The model includes four compartments: two for the patient, and two for the albumin circuit. Equations in each compartment express mass preservation, mass exchange between compartments, and bilirubin–albumin binding... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477721 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:12:00 +0100 477721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477722&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F04%2Fesao_research_a.html The annual ESAO-Research Award is aimed at encouraging young scientists working in the area of experimental research, medical science, biochemistry, chemistry, physical chemistry, mem- brane science and chemical engineering involved in the general field of artificial organs, with special emphasis on: New applications in artificial organs and regenerative medicine techniques Membrane applications in artificial organs New techniques in the field of blood purification. The awardees will be selected by a Committee appointed by the ESAO Board of Governors. The ESAO-ResearchAward 2006 of €2500,00 will be presented at the XXXIII ESAOCongress in Umea,Sweden to be held on 21-24 June, 2006. Each applicant should submit one original manuscript (with the applicant as the first author) ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477722 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:37:00 +0100 477722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477723&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F04%2Fmit_technology_.html The MIT Technology Review has an article about ongoing progress at the Mayo Clinic to develop a liver support device based on clusters of porcine hepatocytes. The Mayo machine is loaded with 200 grams of freshly isolated pig hepatocytes, which is about 20% of liver mass of normal human liver. The research is being conducted by a group of associates led by Scott L. Nyberg M.D., Ph.D.. MIT Technology: Mayo Clinic is making advances toward longer-lasting liver "dialysis" using pig cells More on the SPHEROID RESERVOIR BAL via the Nyberg Lab web page (Artificial Liver and Liver Transplantation Lab) (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477723 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:57:31 +0100 477723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477724&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F03%2Ffda_allows_incr.html Arbios Systems, Inc., a biomedical device and cell therapy company developing proprietary liver assist products for the treatment of liver failure, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the expansion of the number of clinical sites and increased the allowable number of patients in its IDE feasibility clinical trial for its SEPET™ liver assist device. Under the revised protocol, Arbios can include up to four clinical trial sites and to up to 20 liver failure patients with encephalopathy. The trial was previously limited to two sites and 15 patients. The company further announced that the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center will serve as an additional clinical site in the trial. UCSD joins Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477724 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:04:00 +0100 477724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477725&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F03%2Frecent_relevant.html J.F. Patzer 2nd et al. discuss "Slow continuous ultrafiltration with bound solute dialysis." (ASAIO J. 2006 Jan-Feb;52(1):47-58). Bound solute dialysis (BSD), often referred to as "albumin dialysis" (practiced clinically as the molecular adsorbents recirculating system, MARS, or single-pass albumin dialysis, SPAD) or "sorbent dialysis" (practiced clinically as the charcoal-based Biologic-DT), is based upon the thermodynamic principle that the driving force for solute mass transfer across a dialysis membrane is the difference in free solute concentration across the membrane. The clinically relevant practice of slow continuous ultrafiltration (SCUF) for maintenance of patients with liver failure is analyzed in conjunction with BSD. Results from mathematical modeling of solute removal during ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477725 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:59:00 +0100 477725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477726&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F02%2Fquick_access_to.html MDCalc is quick access to all those medical calculations that are too painful to memorize, and too useful to ignore. After wasting time hunting through Google results to find the equations I needed, I created this site as a respository. This handy site was created by a third-year medical student who got tired of having to wade through Google searches to find an easy to use, quick calculator for his medical equations using multiple resources and references, including Medcalc, Pocket Medicine, 2nd Edition, and eMedicine. (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477726 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:52:00 +0100 477726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477727&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F01%2Fesao_2006_in_um.html Dear ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO), Working Group Liver Support, I would like to invite you and your colleagues to submit abstracts for this year’s ESAO meeting held in Umeå , Sweden, from June 21-24, 2006. The Congress will be combined with a meeting with the European Society For Haemapheresis (ESFH, June 20 and 21). Umeå is located close to the polar circle and at this time of the year it has exiting bright nights. The social program will focus on various outdoor and cultural activities and together with the scientific resources of the Congress speakers and participants it will be a strong recipe for success in this venture. The One Day on the Liver this year will focus on the on the latest developments and clinical results c... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477727 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:48:00 +0100 477727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477728&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F01%2Fthe_basic_scien.html The Basic Science Committee of ESOT has been founded in 2004 with the strong support of the ESOT Council. BSC wants to contribute to the advancement, communication, education and support of basic science activities in Transplantation. A network of European Laboratories of Excellence has been established to: - Increase communication - Encourage the application for ESOT grants - Provide travel funding to support the exchange of specific techniques - To encourage the submission of basic science abstracts to the biannual ESOT Meeting (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477728 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:27:00 +0100 477728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477729&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F01%2Fworld_congress_.html Dear Colleagues, I'm pleased to announce that the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006 (WC2006) will be held on August 27 to September 1, 2006 in Seoul, Korea. under the Congress Theme: Imaging the Future Medicine. The scientific program will include plenary lectures, sponsored symposia, regular oral and poster sessions. The Second Announcement, which includes: detailed information on registration procedure, (fees, hotel accommodation, travel information, scientific and social programs), call for papers, as well as registration forms (abstract submission and hotel accommodation) is available via www.wc2006-seoul.org. During the congress the scientific track of Artificial Organs will be organized. In order to secure high scientific level of our discipline some ... ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477729 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:54:00 +0100 477729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=477730&cid=s_34854_119_f&fid=34854&url=http%3A%2F%2Flab.blogs.com%2Flswg%2F2006%2F01%2Frecent_relevant.html In conclusion, HT using SHs showed hepatic repopulation similar to that using FHs. This suggests that both SHs and FHs can repopulate the liver as if they were hepatic stem cells. In addition, HT using SHs supported liver functions such as albumin correction at the same level as that using FHs. These observations strongly support the idea that SHs could be an alternative to primary FHs as a novel cell source for future HT. Two review articles concerning artificial liver support concepts were published: Laleman et al.: Review article: non-biological liver support in liver failure (Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Feb;23(3):351-363) and Pless et al.: Bioartificial liver: current status (Transplant Proc. 2005 Nov;37(9):3893-2895) (Source: ESAO - Liver Support Working Group) ESAO - Liver Support Working Group blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477730 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:35:00 +0100 477730