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News

25.06.2024

FLASH researchers strongly represented at the International Liver Congress 2024

The FLASH team had a strong presence at the EASL Congress 2024, held from June 5 to June 8 in Milan, Italy. This event draws thousands of specialists who gather to share knowledge and explore the latest advancements in hepatology, all with the shared objective of enhancing patient care and community outcomes.

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01.05.2024

"We've been really busy." - FLASH showcases the superorgan at the Research Day 2024

On Saturday, April 20th, SDU held its annual Research Day event, and FLASH had a booth. It was a great success among the guests and demonstrates the importance of spreading information about the liver in new and different ways.

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04.04.2024

Physicians as healers: detecting liver fibrosis early may promote lifestyle changes

It is usually challenging to motivate people to change habits related to alcohol and general health, but a new study from FLASH shows that screening and a conversation with the doctor about specific liver damages can address this extensive problem.

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04.04.2024

European researchers will conduct the largest trial ever in liver disease

Liver diseases account for 300,000 deaths in Europe each year. With support from the Innovative Health Initiative, a collaboration of researchers, biotechnology companies and the pharmaceutical industry aim to improve the lives and health of people with hidden liver disease by conducting the largest study ever on early detection of liver damage.

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New research paper

22.02.2024

New research paper: Infections increase the risk of liver-related complications

FLASH researchers have just published a study on the negative prognostic impact of infections in patients with early stages of alcohol-related liver disease.

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12.02.2024

Validation of new disease definition for patients with liver disease: FLASH study published in Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

FLASH has recently had a study published in the fine journal Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology which tests the new disease definition for patients with fatty liver.

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06.02.2024

The Albumin study (ALB-TRIAL) is starting.

We are excited to announce that we are about to start a new research project. ALB-TRIAL is a new international study which is part of the MICROB-PREDICT EU Horizon2020 consortium. This study is a collaboration of 7 countries compassing 12 hospitals. The hospitals will participate in the study by recruiting patients from the respective countries and ensuring that the study includes a total of 240 patients with cirrhosis and ascites. The aim is to investigate whether a new biomarker can be used to predict which patients with cirrhosis and ascites, who will benefit most from regular human albumin infusions.

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06.02.2024

FLASH focuses on stigmatization.

13 participants have been part of our reading and writing workshops. They have read texts from well-known Danish authors and then written their own texts based on the day's topic. The result is 13 fine texts. The purpose was to have stories told by ordinary people at risk of liver disease.

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EASL Congress 2023

19.06.2023

On the road again: FLASH represented at the EASL Congress 2023

The FLASH team is gearing up for a significant event in the field of hepatology - the EASL Congress 2023. Taking place from June 21 to June 24 in Vienna, Austria, this congress attracts thousands of specialists who come together to exchange knowledge and explore the latest research and development in hepatology - All with the same goal to improve patient care and community outcomes.

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Publication

31.05.2023

Blood test can predict future liver disease

Researchers from Center for Liver Research have developed a new blood-based algorithm, the ALPACA score, that can accurately predict which patients will be hospitalized with liver disease within the next five years.

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Inaugural seminar

08.05.2023

Inaugural seminar Clinical Professor Maja Thiele and Adjunct Professor Emmanouil Tsochatzis - May 12th 2023

”Screening for liver disease"

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FLASH News

28.04.2023

FLASH disseminated knowledge about the liver at the Festival of Research 2023 at SDU

More than 500 participants visited our event to learn about the liver

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Award

18.11.2022

Maja Thiele receive recognition for her communication skills

FLASH's Maja Thiele was the award winner when Odense University Hospital and the Clinical Institute at The University of Southern Denmark for the first time awarded a scientist with their new dissemination award.

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Meeting

04.11.2022

European partners from the Galaxy and MicrobLiver consortia met in Greece

The European partners from the collaborating consortia meet twice a year to discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities.

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Publication

28.10.2022

New FLASH publication: Can we accurately detect hepatic inflammation with a blood test?

For years, there have been a need for blood-based markers to detect hepatic inflammation, suggestive of progressive liver disease. A new publication by FLASH evaluate both new and old markers for hepatic inflammation in patients with alcohol- associated liver disease with promising results.

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FLASH

11.10.2022

New FLASH research doctor

Katrine Tholstrup Bech, MD, B.Sc. has started as a new doctor at FLASH, Center for Liver Research.

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FLASH

30.09.2022

Newly employed member of FLASH

On June1st 2022, FLASH welcomed a new member to the group - a biologist with a fundamental experience in the field of research and bioscience.

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PhD Defense

17.08.2022

FLASH PhD defense

19 August 2022, Maria Kjærgaard defends her PhD thesis

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Research

06.07.2022

New publication: ATLAS researchers discover new biomarker for NASH

ATLAS researchers have found that the protein TREM2 in blood is a plausible and accurate individual biomarker of NASH. Thus the new discovery has the potential to reduce the need for liver biopsy in the future.

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FLASH

23.06.2022

FLASH researchers are strongly represented at the International Liver Congress 2022

22 to 25 June, the FLASH team participates in the International Liver Congress 2022 in London, where more than 430 faculty specialists discuss the latest research, current developments, challenges, and the future of hepatology with 5000+ other international delegates.

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FLASH

14.06.2022

FLASH team gathered for a three-day seminar in May

On May 23rd – 25th 2022, all employees at FLASH went for a seminar on work-life-balance, job satisfaction, teamwork and collegiality.

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FLASH

13.06.2022

FLASH is seeking a postdoc

We are seeking an outstanding postdoc with experience within data analysis, clinical research and grant-writing, and a record of high-impact publications, to work on our linked projects: GALAXY, MicrobLiver, LiverScreen, and DECIDE, four research consortia funded by EU Horizon2020 and Novo Nordisk Foundation.

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Research

09.06.2022

The Liverscreen study reaches important threshold

FLASH at Odense university Hospital is celebrating that the huge liver screening study Liverscreen has reached the threshold of 15000 included participants.

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Award

14.03.2022

FLASH scientist awarded prestigious European prize

Maja Thiele was selected for this years ’Rising Star’ award by United European Gastroenterology, the European association for gastroenterology.

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Research

14.03.2022

New publication from FLASH: LiverAID

FLASH and SDU researchers have developed a new set of artificial intelligence algorithms that can predict advanced liver fibrosis with very high accuracy

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NEWS Archive

01.01.2022

NEWS Archive

Please see our NEWS Archive for all previous news from 2021 and back

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FLASH Studies

01.01.0001

A new milestone has been reached for ALB-Trial!

The FLASH ALB-Trial team has now visited participating hospitals around Europe prior to the start of the study!

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