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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada are reviewing Novo Nordisk‘s requests to approve semaglutide’s under-the-skin formulation, at a dose of 2.4…

Transient elastography, a noninvasive test that uses ultrasound to detect liver stiffness, may help to differentiate biliary atresia from other underlying diseases in infants…

Treatment with certain types of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may help reduce the risk of cirrhosis, or irreversible liver scarring, liver cancer, and death in…

Daily treatment with Ipsen’s elafibranor safely and effectively eases itching, stabilizes liver scarring, and reduces liver damage biomarkers in adults with primary sclerosing…

A study of three children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (PFIC3) in China revealed that different disease-causing mutations in the ABCB4 gene,…

Rare mutations in the MET gene can cause metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a form of fatty liver disease, a study found. After…

Craniosynostosis — a condition usually identified in infancy where the bones in a baby’s skull join together prematurely — led to elevated pressure in the…

Increasing the levels of a protein called IRF1 helps suppress infection of the hepatitis D virus (HDV) and its growth inside of cells, a new…

High blood levels of the antibody immunoglobulin G, or IgG, at diagnosis are linked to a more severe disease course among people with primary…

An artificial intelligence (AI) model can accurately discriminate between cholestasis patients with and without moderate to severe disease-associated cognitive impairment based on 13 possible…