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Article: Promising new directions for gallstone treatment.
- Article from:
- World Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- December 14, 2004
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2004 DEC 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polarizing light microscopy of gallbladder bile shows the deposition of cholesterol crystals, which can form gallstones under the right biochemical conditions.
A promising experimental compound prevents cholesterol gallstone disease in mice by stimulating the biochemical pathway that controls bile acid secretion by the liver, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.
The findings suggest new approaches to developing drugs to prevent the disease, which afflicts some 20 million people a year. The studies also propose novel strategies for developing diagnostic tests to identify ...