Kezhong Zhang, assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics and of immunology and microbiology in Wayne State University's School of Medicine, was awarded $1.7 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to explore how molecular elements in the body regulate the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Zhang is collaborating with School of Medicine colleagues Leonard Lipovich, assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics and neurology; Todd Leff, associate professor of pathology; Bruce Berkowitz, professor of anatomy and director of WSU\'s Small Animal MRI Facility.

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