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Nagoya University

Figure 1

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An advanced fatty liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is promoted by cholesterol accumulation (blue) in macrophages (yellow). Using a unique supramolecule (bottom right), researchers successfully removed cholesterol, stopping the progression of the disease.

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T. Suganami & M. Itoh, Nagoya University

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