The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pondicherry University, will hold a two day national conference on current scenario and emerging trends in hepatocellular diseases.

According to a university release here today, the conference will focus on the key aspects of hepatology research, and strategies to explore liver at the cellular and molecular level.

"Liver is a vital organ in our body as it plays a central role in metabolic regulation and toxin excretion.

Liver is constantly exposed to a variety of stress due to our modern lifestyle adaptations, including tendency to avail drugs and substances, alcohol and fatty foods, resulting in liver injury, specifically to liver cells, hepatocytes. This leads to malfunction and disease conditions of the liver," the release said.

"The damage caused to liver worsens with time and hence it is essential to find a cure or treatment option via biocompatible drugs, herbal medicines and drugs at nanomolar concentrations which can help the liver cells to recuperate even at very minute concentrations," the release further added.

The conference would highlight the recent advances in the field of hepatology research and its future perspectives in various angles. (UNI)

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