This conversation featuring Hannes starts with him discussing a couple of very exciting projects that his lab at the Karolinska Institute is working on now. After which, Roger asks Hannes and Jörn to discuss why the energy in this meeting – especially as the debut SLD Summit – felt more vibrant to them than last year’s NAFLD Summit. Jörn comments that the broader aperture afforded by the new nomenclature led to talks on a wider variety of subjects than in previous years. Hannes notes three new areas of focus: first alcohol, second, problems with biopsy and third, a transition from ordinal variables (or what Hannes describes as the human tendency to categorize everything) to using more of a continuous spectrum to categorize MASH and fibrosis. Jörn notes how important this redefinition of variables is in terms of creating analytical error. The next couple of minutes include a conversation on how to consider MetALD in the context of alcoholic and nonalcoholic liver disease. Jörn then discusses a session at which he spoke on Sunday, a look at new mechanisms of action titled “Beyond the Usual Suspects.”
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