Livmarli (maralixibat) and Bylvay (odevixibat) not only offer significant relief from severe itching in children with Alagille…
Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
The experimental oral therapy linerixibat from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) offers rapid and sustained relief from severe itch in adults with…
Two new mutations in the USP53 gene were identified as the cause of a milder form of progressive familial…
PBGENE-HBV, Precision BioSciences’ experimental gene-editing therapy for chronic hepatitis B, showed antiviral activity across three doses, with the…
A new study has identified two dietary nutrients, choline and dimethylglycine, as effective potential biomarkers for diagnosing and monitoring…
Aramchol, a small molecule in the Galmed Pharmaceuticals pipeline, prevented and reversed inflammation and scarring (fibrosis) of the bile…
Adults with autoimmune liver disease experience lower quality of life, especially those with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), who report…
Bylvay (odevixibat), an oral medication used to treat cholestatic pruritus — severe itching that results from a buildup of bile…
Adding vitamin D to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment is superior to UDCA alone at reducing symptoms, liver damage markers, and…
About 74,000 babies are born each year with the virus that causes hepatitis C, and more than 23,000 of…