Measuring blood levels of bile acids, a component of bile, and the gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) enzyme may aid newborn…
Articles by Andrea Lobo, PhD
The use of dupilumab, an approved anti-inflammatory antibody-based treatment, worked to ease itching, known medically as pruritus, in a young…
Blood levels of certain fatty molecules, called short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), in pregnant women may help diagnose intrahepatic cholestasis…
Levels of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum), a well-known probiotic, in the gut are significantly reduced in children with biliary…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare pediatric disease designation to IN016, Innorna’s experimental therapy that…
An 8-month-old girl with type 2 progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC2) who was seen at a hospital emergency department with…
Pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) have an increased risk of other pregnancy-related problems, including gestational diabetes…
The Kasai surgical procedure can significantly delay liver transplant and reduce liver disease severity before transplant in children with…