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Start-up awarded grant to develop contrast agent for early detection of liver disease – EurekAlert

Inlighta Biosciences, LLC, a start-up company led by Jenny Yang, Regents’ Professor of Chemistry at Georgia State University, has been awarded a National Instit…

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ATLANTA–Inlighta Biosciences, LLC, a start-up company led by Jenny Yang, Regents’ Professor of Chemistry at Georgia State University, has been awarded a National Institute of Health grant to accelerate development of a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent to detect liver fibrosis, formation of scar tissue in the liver caused by alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
“We have been working on this breakthrough in the lab for several years,” said Yang. “This funding will help us to…

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