Scientists at UCLA have uncovered a medical breakthrough that could be a potential miracle for millions of Los Angeles residents.
The Westwood university released a study that reveals a way to reverse chronic fattyliver diseasewithout a major change in one’s diet.
It is estimated that between 30% and 40% of Los Angeles residents (between 2.8 million and 3.8 million people) have fatty liver disease, which is especially prevalent in theLatino communities.
The current treatments for fatty liver disease are quite limited and often demand invasive methods, but that could change with these new findings.
“This is a huge public health crisis in the making,” said Anthony Covarrubias, the senior author of the study and a member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA.
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“We’re seeing fatty liver disease in younger and younger people. So we’re really happy to make some inroads into understanding what’s driving it and identifying cell types we might be able to target,” Covarrubias added.
The researchers discovered a “rogue group of immune cells” that they believe are the driving factors in chronic liver disease.
These “zombie cells” appear to drive inflammation in the liver, and when the scientists removed them in a group of mice, the results were astonishing.
The liver damage not only improved but was completely reversed, even though the mice continued eating an unhealthy diet.
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