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The frequency of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is lower in Asian countries than in the West, according…

Infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a common and usually harmless virus, may play a role in the development of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP),…

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…

Livmarli (maralixibat) safely eased severe, treatment-resistant itching in two girls with Alagille syndrome who previously underwent surgical biliary diversion (SBD), a procedure that…

People with hepatitis C who show higher values of liver scarring markers before starting antiviral therapy are significantly more likely to later develop…

The experimental oral therapy linerixibat from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) offers rapid and sustained relief from severe itch in adults with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC),…

Two new mutations in the USP53 gene were identified as the cause of a milder form of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), which resembled…

Excessive intake of sorbitol, a type of sugar naturally found in many fruits and used as a sugar substitute, may increase the risk of metabolic…

Nebokitug, an experimental infusion therapy being developed by Chemomab Therapeutics for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), reduces the inflammatory…

Levels of the metabolite palmitic acid and the protein ACSL1 in the bloodstream can accurately detect the presence and severity of intrahepatic cholestasis of…