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Geisinger launches extensive study on obesity and related liver problem

Geisinger Health System researchers in Danville, Pa., are looking at the genetics of obesity through a unique study. Geisinger patients have voluntarily donated more than 600 liver tissue samples so that researchers can study obesity and also develop a safer, noninvasive way of detecting an obesity-related condition: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Relying on several core system resources in the study, Geisinger researchers hope to know more about nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and related health problems.

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