Good News Notes: “In people with liver disease or other metabolic disorders, blood ammonia levels can quickly climb to dangerous levels. And unfortunately, checking those levels is not a fast and easy process. A newly developed device, however, could change that.” “A byproduct of the digestive process, ammonia is converted into urea by the liver,…
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New way for measuring the treatment of rare liver disease in children
Good News Notes: “In a new study, the UCLA researchers have identified the way specific genes change after fish oil treatment is started. The research team who previously found that intravenous administration of fish oil can treat a rare but potentially deadly form of liver disease in children have now monitored levels of a small molecule at the…