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Buy your tickets now for the S.F. Hep B Free Campaign's Be A Hero gala fundraising dinner.

Another Roche first in TaqMan real-time PCR testing for the diagnostic lab PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept.

A new imaging system that allows physicians to examine tissue at the cellular level from inside the body may now enable them to more effectively diagnose cancer of the bile ducts, according to a new study in the September 2008 issue of the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. This cancer, medically known as cholangiocarcinoma, is one of the most difficult to detect and treat.

As many as 2% to 5% of children older than age five -- most of whom are obese -- are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and the condition seems to be most prevalent among Hispanic children, the AP/San Mateo Daily Journal reports.