Medications known as IBATIs are safe, effective in Alagille: Analysis
Livmarli (maralixibat) and Bylvay (odevixibat) not only offer significant relief from severe itching in children with Alagille syndrome, but also improve quality…
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New rapid test could accelerate hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment
Researchers in the U.S. have developed a rapid point-of-care test that detects active hepatitis C infection by identifying HCV RNA, with results available in…
Compound found in honey reduced inflammation in PBC mice in lab
Galangin, a naturally occurring compound found in honey and certain plants, was shown to reduce inflammation and liver injury in a mouse model of…
Heart complications common in children with PFIC, study finds
About half of children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) were found to have cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM), a form of heart disease, in a…
FDA authorizes use of 1st AI tool to speed MASH clinical trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of the first artificial intelligence (AI) drug-development tool for use in clinical trials of metabolic…
Less invasive Kasai surgery works better for infants with BA: Study
Using a minimally invasive method called laparoscopy to conduct standard Kasai surgery significantly reduces blood loss and increases the chances of jaundice clearance compared with…
US states, doctors split with CDC on hepatitis B shots for newborns
Major medical associations and state health departments are moving to maintain the standard of universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth, diverging from a recent…
PSC-IBD study shows need for regional management guidelines
The frequency of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is lower in Asian countries than in the West, according…
Common virus may play a role in ICP development, study finds
Infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a common and usually harmless virus, may play a role in the development of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP),…
Lower-cost TAEUS device tracks liver fat on par with gold standard
TAEUS, a diagnostic tool being developed by Endra Life Sciences, measures liver fat levels with similar accuracy to gold-standard tests, but with greater convenience…
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