fatty liver
Modeling NAFLD with human pluripotent stem cell derived immature hepatocyte like cells
Researchers from the Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine at the University Clinic of Düsseldorf have established an in vitro model…
Epigenetic Modification Increases Susceptibility to Obesity and Predicts Fatty Liver Later in Life
The researchers led by study director Annette Schürmann, Robert Schwenk and Anne Kammel of DIfE recently published their findings in the journal Human…
Prediabetes: Fatty Liver, Visceral Obesity, impaired Production and Action of Insulin modulate Risk
In many countries the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes has reached epidemic numbers. In the USA and in China more than half of the adult population…
Obesity-Induced Fatty Liver Disease Reversed In Mice
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that valproic acid, a widely prescribed drug for treating epilepsy, has the additional benefits of reducing fat…
McMaster scientists unlock secrets of diabetes drug
About 120 million people around the world with Type 2 diabetes – and two million in Canada – take the drug metformin to control their disease.While doctors…
Imaging technique detects pediatric liver disease without need for needle biopsy
A new study shows that MRE detects such chronic diseases as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is increasingly common in children and teens,…