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A new grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases will help researchers from TGen, ASU and Phoenix Children’s better understand fatty liver disease in Latino youth with obesity.
The prevalence of nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, NAFLD, is rising in American children, with kids of Latino ancestry being hit disproportionately hard by the disease.
In March, KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk reported that people who are lean can face surprisingly high risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a group of illnesses that can progress to cirrhosis and cancer.Research by TGen and Temple University in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences might help explain why.