Case study supports efficacy of biliary diversion surgery for PFIC4
Biliary diversion surgery — which can be used in patients with bile duct problems — successfully reduced markers of liver damage, lessened itching, and improved…
Biliary diversion surgery — which can be used in patients with bile duct problems — successfully reduced markers of liver damage, lessened itching, and improved…
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), the most common pregnancy-related liver disease, is significantly linked to higher rates of several maternal, fetal, and newborn issues…
A 3-year-old boy with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (PFIC3) was safety and effectively treated with a liver transplant from his mother after failing…
A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee has recommended the approval of Ipsen‘s Iqirvo (elafibranor) as a second-line therapy for adults with primary biliary…
Poor sleep quality — noted by researchers as increasingly common in modern society — is significantly linked to a higher chance of having metabolic dysfunction-associated…
World Hepatitis Day, marked annually on July 28, seeks to raise awareness and help efforts to end viral hepatitis, a condition marked by liver…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vir Biotechnology’s request to conduct clinical testing in the U.S. of a combination of two investigational…
Levels of neurotensin, a small protein highly present in the gastrointestinal tract, are higher than normal in the blood and liver of biliary atresia…
A noninvasive test that detects a fluorescent dye in stools could help doctors make a biliary atresia diagnosis faster than current methods, distinguishing the…
The levels of more than 250 proteins are abnormal in lab-grown liver organoids, or mini-livers, derived from a mouse model of progressive familial intrahepatic…