OHSU's PAC-MANN test offers a breakthrough in pancreatic cancer detection, using a small blood sample to monitor protease ...

The OHSU researchers call their test “PAC-MANN,” which stands for “protease activity-based assay using a magnetic nanosensor.

A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the ...

The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your ...

Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, People’s Republic of China ...

Many of the beneficial effects could be because of the positives of losing weight or the reduction of inflammation, nephrologist and clinical ... Al-Aly said that the adverse impact on the pancreas ...

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and wegovy have become global sensation. In the recent years, companies like Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have GLP-1 agonists and dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists that ...

an ultrasound-guided cystoscopic transduodenal or percutaneous biopsy is done. Pancreas biopsies are graded according to the following histologic criteria: degree of inflammation, eosinophilia ...

This is caused by a quickly inflamed pancreas. Some people with severe acute pancreatitis can go on to develop serious complications, while most recover in a few weeks. Stomach ulcers are open ...

Pancreatitis is a condition where the pancreas becomes inflamed over a short period of time. While most people with the condition start to feel better within about a week and have no further ...