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An unreported mutation in the JAG1 gene was identified as the likely cause of Alagille syndrome in a 28-year-old woman, a case report from…

About 74,000 babies are born each year with the virus that causes hepatitis C, and more than 23,000 of them may still have the…

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is relatively rare among people with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) who do not have…

Genetic testing can help doctors find the cause of neonatal cholestasis more quickly, so children can receive more targeted treatment sooner, according to a…

Hoth Therapeutics will support a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) study testing treatment with glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) against semaglutide in a…

A new preclinical study has found that a combination of viral and bacterial insults may be a key disease mechanism underlying biliary atresia. Specifically,…

World Hepatitis Day arrives Monday and advocates are gearing up to break down barriers that stand in the way of a world free from…

A class of medicines called PPAR agonists that modulate genes involved in inflammation and scarring improve biochemical markers of liver function and ease itching in…

Bylvay (odevixibat) eased pruritus — itching — during episodes of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type 1 caused by mutations in both copies of…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is granting a patent for Rezdiffra (resmetirom) — Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ approved therapy for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH),…