Northsea Therapeutics’ oral therapy candidate icosabutate was not superior to a placebo at resolving metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) —…
Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
Lindsey earned her PhD in neuroscience from Emory University in Atlanta, where she studied novel therapeutic strategies for treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy. She was awarded a fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in 2019 for this research. Lindsey also previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher, studying the role of inflammation in epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Articles by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
ALAGILLE SYNDROME
NewsMore collaborative Alagille research is needed, review study says
More collaborative research is needed to better understand Alagille syndrome and to help overcome challenges related to diagnosing and…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsCanadian scientists given grant to advance ways of treating PSC
Conscience, a Canadian nonprofit, has awarded CA$461,241 (nearly $320,000) to a research project aiming to provide preclinical data that…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsEfruxifermin reverses MASH-related cirrhosis in Phase 2 trial
Treatment with Akero Therapeutics’ investigational efruxifermin led to reversals of compensated cirrhosis, or irreversible scarring in a still-functioning liver,…
Chemomab Therapeutics has aligned with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the best path toward regulatory approval…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsAlgorithm spots people with MASLD, MASH using health records
Researchers have developed an algorithm to identify people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a type of fatty…
A single dose of Precision BioSciences’ investigational gene-editing therapy PBGENE-HBV was well tolerated and showed early signs of antiviral…
HEPATITIS
NewsDosing complete in Phase 2b trial of AHB-137 for hepatitis B
A Phase 2b clinical trial testing AusperBio’s investigational therapy AHB-137 in people with chronic hepatitis B has completed…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsWeight loss surgery may protect liver with MASH-related cirrhosis
Weight loss surgery significantly lowers the risk of serious liver complications among obese people with cirrhosis, or irreversible liver scarring…
Babies born extremely prematurely who were given a dose of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine within a day…