Study finds new pathways to treat non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease

(University of South Carolina) Researchers from the University of South Carolina, Duke University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Metabolon Inc. Research Triangle Park have discovered a new pathway in the liver that opens the door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that affects up to 25 percent of the population and may lead to cirrhosis and eventually liver cancer or failure, and likely other liver diseases.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/uosc-sfn120916.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news