Promising new blood test is first of its kind to detect liver scarring
Saturday, April 9, 2016 - 11:50
in Health & Medicine
Scientists and medics have developed a new type of genetic blood test that diagnoses scarring in the liver -- even before someone may feel ill. It is the first time an epigenetic signature in blood has been discovered which is diagnostic of the severity of fibrosis for people with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).