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Alcoholism
FASgen Announces New Diagnostic Research Test for Steatohepatitis
June 18th, 2007
FASgen Inc. announced it has successfully expanded the potential use for its serum FAS (fatty acid synthase) ELISA diagnostic research test, FAS-Detect(TM) ELISA for the identification of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). The current diagnostic technique for this disease is a liver needle biopsy. While only for research use presently, FASgen anticipates the opportunity for use of the non-invasive FAS-Detect(TM) ELISA NASH test in the future will be substantial. FAS-Detect(TM) ELISA is a proprietary product of FASgen Diagnostics LLC, an affiliated FASgen company. NASH commonly occurs as the result of fatty liver disease. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2007-06-18)
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