Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Indo-French Liver and Metabolic Disease Network (InFLiMeN), a virtual initiative aimed at preventing and treating metabolic liver diseases, at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in New Delhi.
Dr. Singh emphasized that InFLiMeN will focus on addressing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a prevalent metabolic liver disorder that can escalate to cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. This condition often precedes other serious health issues such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
As reported by biospectrumindia.com, Dr. Singh highlighted the necessity of a joint, multi-disciplinary collaborative program like InFLiMeN to better understand, monitor, and manage liver diseases. He advocated for a comprehensive omics approach to biomarker discovery as a means to achieve these goals.