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A noninvasive test that detects a fluorescent dye in stools could help doctors make a biliary atresia diagnosis faster than current methods, distinguishing the…

Global rates for evaluating chronic hepatitis B and starting appropriate treatment are lower than they should be, especially among women and Asian minorities living…

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a rare autoimmune liver disease, shares 10 genetic risk factors with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a group of inflammatory conditions…

Researchers in China have identified five new mutations in the NR1H4 gene in three boys with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 5 (PFIC5) and…

Reduced activity of a protein called GPR75 appears to help prevent the buildup of fat in the liver and the subsequent development of metabolic dysfunction-associated…

Daily treatment with Bylvay (odevixibat) safely and effectively eases itching and lowers blood bile acid levels, a sign of liver damage, in children and adolescents…

Throughout May, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will work with public health partners to raise awareness of viral hepatitis…

Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have created a molecule, named antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) 56, that is able to potently reduce liver…

A reduced dose of soybean fat emulsion seems to be better than the standard dose at preventing parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis in newborns undergoing surgery…

The U.S. government soon will launch a first national study to assess the prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD — a liver…