“Once the animals were put on the drug, we were able to reverse the disease after a single month with no adverse
side effects—while they ate a high-fat diet.”
Fatty liver, which often accompanies obesity and type 2 diabetes, frequently leads to more serious conditions including cirrhosis and liver cancer. The condition affects some 10 to 24 percent of the general population, according to a 2003 study in GUT, an international journal of gastroenterology and hepatology.