Consortium finds chronic liver cirrhosis clues
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 15:10
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have provided new clues into the genetics underlying a chronic form of liver disease, called primary biliary cirrhosis, which can lead to transplant surgery for patients. The new study identifies 15 genetic regions that affect a person's risk of developing the disease, more than trebling the number of known genetic regions, which now stands at 22...