Fatty liver disease

A protein called semaphorin-3A (SEMA3A) may be a key player in the early cellular mechanisms that cause fat to accumulate in the livers of people…

High blood levels of the growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) protein are associated with an elevated risk of liver cancer and other liver-related complications among…

Global Fatty Liver Day, this year falling on June 13, is an annual effort to raise awareness about metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease…

One year of treatment with Viking Therapeutics’ candidate VK2809 safely and effectively reduces liver fat content, damage, and scarring in adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis…

The HealthWell Foundation, a charity that helps people who can’t afford to pay their medical bills, has started a new fund to support those…

Physicians from the GI Alliance, the largest physician-led network of gastroenterologists in the U.S., are now actively prescribing Rezdiffra (resmetirom) to eligible people…

Can-Fite BioPharma has been approved to enroll U.S. patients in its ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial of the oral treatment candidate namodenoson in people…

An intermittent fasting regimen reduced liver fat buildup and lowered the likelihood of liver cancer in mouse models of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe…

Reduced activity of a protein called GPR75 appears to help prevent the buildup of fat in the liver and the subsequent development of metabolic dysfunction-associated…

The U.S. government soon will launch a first national study to assess the prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD — a liver…