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: Falkenhagen, Demartines, Dayer
Extracorporeal liver support - back from bed to bench?
Igor M. Sauer, Berlin (GER)
Liver transplant: what does the future hold?
Philippe Morel, Geneva (SUI)
Organ printing: directed tissue self-assembly
Vladimir Mironov, Charlston (USA)
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Symposium Chair: Falkenhagen, Hadengue
Extracorporeal Blood Circuits for Liver Failure Therapies
Clinical experience with extracorporeal liver assist devices
Igor M. Sauer, Berlin (GER)
Technical advances to improve the performance of the prometheus system
Horst Christmann, Bad Homburg (GER)
Optimizing anticoagulation in extra-corporeal blood circuits for liver failure therapy
Peter Krisper, Graz (AUT)
13:30 – 15:00 Scientific Session Chair: Sauer, Berney
A new application of the AMC-bioartificial liver: a model to study the establishment of metabolic zonation in the liver
Ruurdtje Hoekstra, Amsterdam (NLD)
P.
P. C. Poyck - G. Nibourg - J. L. Vermeulen - A. C. van Wijk - R. A.
Chamuleau - T. B. Hakvoort - T. M. van Gulik - W. H. Lamers
A new system of sub-normotermic perfusion for liver preservation in a pig mode
Enrico Gringeri, Padova (ITA)
A. Carraro - D. Bassi - F. E. D'Amico - F. Calabrese - D. Neri - P. Violi - M. Valmasoni - A. Vitale - F. D'Amico - U. Cillo
Transplantation
of immortalized human hepatocytes improves survival without increase of
native liver regeneration in acute liver failure
Antonino Sgroi, Geneva (SUI)
G. Mai - P. Morel - R. Baertschiger - C. Gonelle-Gispert - V. Serre-Beinier - L. Buhler
Behaviour of human hepatocyte in ammonia plasma-grafted peek-wc-pu membrane bio-hybrid system
Simona Salerno, Rende, CS (ITA)
A. Piscioneri - S. Morelli - S. Laera - M. Rende - P. Favia - E. Drioli - A. Bader - L. De Bartolo
Labelling of primary human hepatocytes with micron-sized iron oxide particles in temporary suspension culture
Nora N. Kammer, Berlin (GER)
N. Billecke - N. Raschzok - M. H. Morgul - M. K. Adonopoulou - I. M. Sauer
Online HDF system with good removal capacity of glutamine brings good clinical effect
Kazuaki Inoue, Yokohama (JPN)
M. Yamada - M. Yoshiba
16:00 – 17:30 Young Investigator’s Liver Session Chair: Kammer, Salerno
Beyond haematology: cord blood for liver therapy
Saba Habibollah, Newcastle (GBR)
The multicompartment SlideReactor: a novel concept for continuous monitoring of co-cultured cells
Nils Billecke, Berlin (GER)
Growth characterisation of hepatocarcinoma cells cultivated in a microfluidic biochip
Jean-Mathieu Prot, Compiègne (FRA)
Membrane biohybrid systems for liver tissue engineering
Simona Salerno, Rende (ITA)
Encapsulated liver cells for the hybrid MDS
Stephan Harm, Krems (AUT)
What can be done to prevent the disease?
Some, but not all, liver diseases can be prevented. For example, hepatitis A and hepatitis B can be prevented with vaccines.
Other ways to decrease the risk of infectious liver disease include:
* practicing good hygiene, such as washing hands well after using the restroom or changing diapers
* avoiding drinking or using tap water when traveling internationally
* avoiding illegal drug use, especially sharing injection equipment
* practicing safest sex. Practicing safer sex provides less protection.
* avoiding the sharing of personal hygiene items, such as razors or nail clippers
* avoiding toxic substances and excess alcohol consumption
* using medications only as directed
* using caution around industrial chemicals
* eating a well balanced diet following the food guide pyramid
* getting an injection of immune globulin after exposure to hepatitis A
* using recommended safety precautions in healthcare and day care work
Posted by: liver infection | December 22, 2009 at 15:09