Israelis find vitamin D helps against liver diseases

--Discovery of the weakening of the hepatitis C virus in the presence of the vitamin opens up a potential treatment for the infections

- Vitamin D fights liver cirrhosis

Two Israeli research teams have separately become the first to discover two different benefits from vitamin D against common liver diseases – hepatitis C and cirrhosis.

One involved the mechanism in human cells in the lab, while and the other proved itself on liver tissue in rats. The two discoveries have not yet been tested clinically.


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