2009/10/27

Researchers from CIC bioGUNE identify a risk gene that affects regeneration of the liver

Researchers from the Biosciences Co-operative Research Centre, CIC bioGUNE, and the Centre for Networked Biomedical Research into Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBERehd) have discovered that the deficiency of the GNMT gene affects regeneration of the liver and causes uncontrolled proliferation, whilst causing greater susceptibility to liver damage. This discovery was recently published in the prestigious journal 'Hepatology'.