Surfing the MASH Tsunami

Day Four of TLMdX 2020 - Monday at the Digital Liver Meeting -- Getting Better at Diagnostics and Drugs, Not Education - Ep 37

November 17, 2020 HEP Dynamics LLC Season 1 Episode 37
Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Day Four of TLMdX 2020 - Monday at the Digital Liver Meeting -- Getting Better at Diagnostics and Drugs, Not Education - Ep 37
Show Notes

The Surfers spend the final day of AASLD 2020 looking at two very different sets of issues. Issue 1: challenges proving efficacy in F2 populations, particularly in terms of fibrosis. Issue 2: social burdens of poor dietary choices around the world, particularly given how developing PNAFLD (pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) can create a metabolic burden that can last a lifetime. In the end, the group remained optimistic about the explosion of knowledge around drugs and diagnostics for NASH and NAFLD but troubled by the lack of social policy, awareness or education around these issues.