{"id":5355,"date":"2023-02-08T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharm.virginia.edu\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:37:34","slug":"kudos-to-irina-bochkis-ids-trigger-for-worlds-most-common-liver-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/2023\/02\/08\/kudos-to-irina-bochkis-ids-trigger-for-worlds-most-common-liver-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos to Dr. Irina Bochkis: ID&#8217;s Trigger for World\u2019s Most Common Liver Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5398 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/thumbnail_Lab_pic_Maru_2021-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Irina Bochkis and her team have a celebratory dinner out\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/thumbnail_Lab_pic_Maru_2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/thumbnail_Lab_pic_Maru_2021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/thumbnail_Lab_pic_Maru_2021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/thumbnail_Lab_pic_Maru_2021-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/thumbnail_Lab_pic_Maru_2021.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Pharmacology Department would like to extend a huge congratulations to Irina Bochkis, PhD, for publishing new research that discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a mysterious condition that causes fat to build up in the liver for no clear reason. The new insights help explain the condition in younger people and could lead to the first treatment for the most common liver disease in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Find more information on her research <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.uvahealth.com\/2023\/02\/08\/uva-ids-trigger-for-worlds-most-common-liver-disease\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find the NBC29 news story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc29.com\/2023\/02\/08\/uva-health-makes-breakthrough-identifying-key-trigger-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pharmacology Department would like to extend a huge congratulations to Irina Bochkis, PhD, for publishing new research that discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a mysterious condition that causes fat to build up in the liver for no clear reason. 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