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The Liver Meeting® 2017
The Liver Meeting® 2017
North American Correspondent, MedPage Today
October 19, 2017
New science could 'potentially change the field'
WASHINGTON -- The annual Liver Meeting always draws a crowd, largely because there's pretty much something for everyone with an interest in hepatology.
"We don't have a specific theme because we have to cover every aspect of liver development," according to Anna Lok, MD, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, president of the American Association for Liver Diseases, which sponsors the meeting.
There remains a great deal of interest in HCV, evidenced by dozens of posters and oral presentations on new therapeutics, as well as on other aspects of the disease. Indeed, organizers are planning a special session on the path to elimination of viral hepatitis, featuring a talk by U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD. Adams will discuss the opioid crisis and the related epidemics of HIV and HCV.
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"We don't have a specific theme because we have to cover every aspect of liver development," according to Anna Lok, MD, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, president of the American Association for Liver Diseases, which sponsors the meeting.
There remains a great deal of interest in HCV, evidenced by dozens of posters and oral presentations on new therapeutics, as well as on other aspects of the disease. Indeed, organizers are planning a special session on the path to elimination of viral hepatitis, featuring a talk by U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD. Adams will discuss the opioid crisis and the related epidemics of HIV and HCV.
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