News on Taiwan

Sex hormone explains higher liver cancer risk in men

2010-05-19T20:00:19Z

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Male sex hormones may explain why men who suffer from the hepatitis B liver disease are more likely to develop liver cancer than women, researchers in Taiwan have found.

In a paper published in Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, the researchers said hepatitis B viruses attach themselves to receptors of the male sex hormone androgen before goi...

Hepatitis B & C in Asia - China, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey

2010-10-06T01:43:42Z

Stakeholder Insight: Hepatitis B & C in Asia - China, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey

China, Taiwan, South Korea and Turkey represent highly endemic areas for viral Hepatitis. For this report, 180 high-prescribing physicians where surveyed in these countries, providing a breakdown of numbers of treated patients and the most frequently prescribed regimens. ( Hepatitis B Carrier State?

By Tony Wong

Liver cancer refers to either primary liver cancer, that is cancer originating from the liver cells or supporting cells in the liver, or secondary liver cancer, that is cancer that has spread to the liver from the surrounding organs, usually via the blood that drains those organs and flow through the liver. In this article we shall confine o...

Sorafenib Effective in Advanced Liver Cancer

2010-10-23T19:02:14Z

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Global Christmas

2010-12-25T11:01:40Z

A model in a Christmas suit poses in front of Volkswagen's new Tiguan 2011 on display during the 2011 Taipei Automobile & Accessories Exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Center, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait gat...

Taiwan Fashion

2010-12-16T20:01:31Z

In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, and provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, a model presents creation of Taiwanese designer Kang Yen-ling at the New Fashion Pavilion of Taipei Flora Expo in Taipei. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wu Ching-teng) NO SALES

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Taiwan Flora Tech Expo

2010-12-14T03:01:35Z

In this photo taken on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, visitors to the Taipei International Flora Exposition listen to audio speakers made from paper hanging at the Pavilion of Dreams highlighting Taiwan's innovation and technology in Taipei, Taiwan. Already recognized as a supplier of smartphone and computer components to global technology companies, Taiwan wants to use the pavilion to highlight its capacity for prod...

Taiwan Money Puzzle

2010-12-09T01:30:13Z

Taiwan's Investigation Bureau employee Liu Hui-fen displays pages of thousands of tiny pieces of Taiwan NT$1000 note bills that she patched together worth in total New Taiwan dollars 200,000 ($6,600), Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. A Taiwan businessman, who only gave his su...