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Our Sweetest Habit: What Two New Studies Say About Sugar and Your Liver

MASLD & Liver Disease

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Today, I want to step slightly outside our regular series and talk about something that sits on almost every kitchen table in the…

One in Three: The Scale of the Fatty Liver Epidemic

MASLD & Liver Disease

MASLD affects between one in three and one in four adults globally. In South Asia, the numbers are similarly striking — and most of the people affected have no idea.

A Disease That Changed Its Name — And Why That Matters

MASLD & Liver Disease

For decades, fatty liver disease had a name that confused patients and misdirected doctors. In 2023, the world’s liver specialists changed it, and the reasons why matter deeply for South Asia.

The Liver Nobody Talks About, Until It’s Too Late

MASLD & Liver Disease

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Today, I want to talk about one of the most overlooked organs in the body: the liver, and the quiet epidemic of fatty liver disease…

Nature’s Largest Experiment: What 173,000 Pakistani Genomes Reveal About Liver Disease, Obesity, and the Future of Medicine

MASLD & Liver Disease

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Today, I will discuss a landmark Nature paper that used the genomes of 173,000 people from Pakistan to reveal what happens when human…

Science Has No Borders — But Scientists Do

Postdoc Diaries

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Today, I will share something from personal experience. As an international researcher, I live in two worlds simultaneously — one is…

From Inflammation to Scars: Immune-Mediated Fibrogenesis in MASLD

Immunology & The Lab

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Today, I will describe metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) induced fibrosis and what we can learn from it.

Between Pipettes and Codes: Why I Study Immune Cells in MASLD

Computational Corner

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Today, I will describe my research routine and the motivation behind writing about it.

Disease at the crossroads of Metabolism and Immunity - MASLD

MASLD & Liver Disease

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Today, I will focus on a central theme of my research: metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a condition in…

From Prometheus to P450: Why the Liver Deserves Our Attention

Immunology & The Lab

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Today, I want to shift the focus slightly not away from science, but deeper into one of the organs at the heart of it all: the liver.
Th…

Postdoc, Pipettes, and Pages: A New Chapter Begins

Postdoc Diaries

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I am a postdoctoral researcher working at the intersection of immunology and metabolism, with a focus on T cell-mediated responses in Metabolic…