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Pemvidutide resolved metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of fatty liver disease, without worsening liver scarring (fibrosis) for more than half of people…

Biliary atresia, a rare liver disease affecting infants, may be diagnosed before birth using a novel artificial intelligence (AI) method that analyzes prenatal ultrasound…

The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing Atea Pharmaceuticals’ combination therapy of bemnifosbuvir and ruzasvir in people with chronic…

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will review an application for linerixibat, an experimental oral therapy for intense itching associated with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).

Researchers have developed a database of all ABCB11 mutations known to cause progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) and a new mouse model…

A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted a positive opinion to Rezdiffra (resmetirom) to treat some people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH),…

A targeted treatment called transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) successfully helped control hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, in a young woman with…

Note: This story was updated Aug. 8, 2025, to correct that infectious mononucleosis was linked to a 4.6 times higher risk of future PSC, not  a…

A combination of two mutations in the MYO5B gene, including one that has not been previously reported, was the likely cause of a mild form…

Daily treatment with the diabetes medication dapagliflozin eased disease severity for people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of fatty liver disease,…