Conditions affecting the liver can be severe, with limited or no viable treatment options available. One of the challenges in managing these diseases is the lack of reliable ways to monitor how they progress over time, especially without invasive testing of patients. Our research aims to find a solution by studying proteins in the blood of individuals with liver diseases. By comparing these proteins to those found in healthy individuals, we hope to identify markers that can indicate the severity of the disease and how quickly it is worsening.
Our project has two main goals:
– Discover blood proteins that can serve as markers to track the progression and severity of liver-related diseases.
– Confirm the usefulness of these markers in ongoing studies involving patients with these conditions.
We plan to complete this project in 6 months, and the potential public health impact of our work is significant. Finding a way to easily monitor liver diseases using blood tests would improve how we manage these conditions, leading to better outcomes for patients, or helping the development and approval of new treatments.