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Researcher to study long-term drinking test
Updated: Friday, 16 Nov 2012, 9:49 AM EST
Published : Friday, 16 Nov 2012, 8:16 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana University researcher has received a $1 million grant to study whether a blood test could be used to determine whether people have been drinking heavily in recent weeks.
IU School of Medicine professor Dr. Suthat Liangpunsakul says such a test is needed when a patient is being considered for a liver transplant, when alcohol consumption is a concern.
Liangpunsakul says patients almost always under-report their drinking to their physicians.
The test would measure levels of certain phospholipids, molecules that function as components of cell membranes. A preliminary study found elevated levels of phospholipids in mice and humans who had consumed alcohol.
The grant came from the Department of Defense.
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