The Kentucky-based University of Louisville has received a five-year $11.5 million grant from the NIH's Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Here's what you need to know:
1. The study will be led by Craig McClain, MD, the university's associate vice president for health affairs and research.
2. The researchers will study liver cancer, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease.
3. The funds will support research on the development and progression of liver diseases, with a focus on the effect of environmental toxicology on liver disease.
Officials from the University of Louisville are planning a news conference to announce more grant details.