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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Sunday March 16, 2025 ( 2 items )  

University of Oklahoma: Mother's High-Fat Diet Can Cause Liver Stress in Fetus, Study Shows
NORMAN, Oklahoma, March 15 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * Mother's High-Fat Diet Can Cause Liver Stress in Fetus, Study Shows OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life. A new study published in the journal Liver International sheds light on changes to the fetus's bile acid, which affects how liver disease develops and progresses. Bile acids typicall  more

University of Oklahoma: Unraveling the Mysteries of Cystic Kidney Disease
NORMAN, Oklahoma, March 15 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * Unraveling the Mysteries of Cystic Kidney Disease New $2 million grant will fuel fresh insights into the mechanisms of one of the world's most common genetic disorders OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a family of genetic disorders that causes clusters of cysts to form on the kidney, is among the most common genetic disorders, affecting some 500,000 people in the United Sta  more