Biliary atresia

Domenic Frappolli, who was born with biliary atresia, was named the American Liver Foundation’s (ALF) 2025 National LIVEr Champion. The foundation is spotlighting…

A team of experts in the U.S. and Canada have developed patient identification guidelines to help pediatric primary care providers, or PCPs, in making an…

Children with biliary atresia who have higher blood levels of the matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP-7) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) enzymes at the time of…

Children with biliary atresia who received infusions of bone-marrow stem cells during a Kasai operation, a liver surgery that’s the main strategy for treating…

A robotic-assisted Kasai surgical procedure results in less blood loss, faster bowel function recovery, and greater rates of clearing jaundice at three and six…

The blood levels of four amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are significantly elevated in infants with biliary atresia within 72 hours of…

A modified version of the Simple Biliary Atresia Scoring System (SBASS) offers a noninvasive way for doctors to make a biliary atresia diagnosis, differentiating…

Off-label treatment with Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ maralixibat led to clinically meaningful reductions in severe itching, or pruritus, in five children with biliary atresia, including…

The American Liver Foundation (ALF) has announced the eight winners of its 2024 Pilot Research Awards, with four of the awards going to scientist-led…

Higher levels of a protein called amyloid precursor protein (APP) in the blood may be a marker of fibrosis, or liver scarring, in biliary…