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Researchers from Singapore discover a direct relationship between hyperhomocysteinemia and the severity of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have shown a high correlation between the severity of an advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and elevated blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine. They also discovered that vitamin B12 and folic acid (vitamin B9) could be utilized to stop or slow the progression of disease. Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have discovered a mechanism that causes a severe form of fatty liver disease. It turns out that taking doses of folic acid and vitamin B12 could stop this process. These discoveries may be beneficial to those who suffer from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a catch-all phrase for a variety of liver diseases that affect people who consume little to no alcohol. Four out of ten persons in Singapore and 25% of all adults worldwide are affected by this common ai...