Cellular Stress Causes Fatty Liver Disease In Mice

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 00:42 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered a direct link between disruption of a critical cellular housekeeping process and fatty liver disease, a condition that causes fat to accumulate in the liver. The findings might open new avenues for understanding and perhaps treating fatty liver disease, which is the most common form of liver disease in the Western world.

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