Research performed in Professor Martin Yarmush`s lab at Rutgers University and Massachusetts General Hospital has yielded a novel strategy to protect the liver from drug-induced injury. The paper receiving advance online publication in the journal "Nature Biotechnology", reports that inhibiting gap junction communication can protect against damage caused by liver-toxic drugs such as acetaminophen. More information is available at http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2012/rutgers-massachusett-2...