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Levels of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum), a well-known probiotic, in the gut are significantly reduced in children with biliary atresia, a study in Taiwan…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first self-test kit to detect the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a home setting, marking…

Six months of treatment with a high dose of bexotegrast, Pliant Therapeutics’ oral candidate, was superior to a placebo at reducing markers of disease…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare pediatric disease designation to IN016, Innorna’s experimental therapy that aims to address the root…

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a form of fatty liver disease, and other aging-related metabolic disorders may be detectable using computer-based analyses of…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vir Biotechnology’s request to conduct clinical testing in the U.S. of a combination of two investigational…

An initiative in the European Union (EU) aims to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic disorders such as Alagille syndrome in newborns using…

Genetic variations that predispose people toward developing primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are significantly associated with a higher risk of ulcerative colitis, a primary type…

Livmarli (maralixibat), an oral medication from Mirum Pharmaceuticals, is now approved in the European Union to treat progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) in…

A type of cell death called ferroptosis contributes to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a form of fatty liver disease that occurs more…