Weekly injections under the skin of the experimental therapy survodutide significantly reduces the severity of metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a severe form of fatty…
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BILIARY ATRESIA
NewsGut microbiota may be noninvasive diagnostic tool in biliary atresia
The composition of microbes is altered in the intestines of infants with biliary atresia, a type of liver disease that affects the bile ducts,…
While highly effective treatments for hepatitis C are available worldwide, many people — especially those living in poorer countries — are not able to access…
Chemomab Therapeutics has been awarded patents in Brazil and Israel covering CM-101, the company’s experimental therapy that’s currently being tested in a Phase…
Bortezomib, an anticancer medication, prevented a recurrence of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) after a liver transplant by helping a young girl…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsWebsites of transplant centers in US stigmatize ALD with word choice
Most liver transplant centers in the U.S. continue to use stigmatizing language on their websites that could make people with alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD)…
ALAGILLE SYNDROME
NewsLivmarli eases itch for broader pediatric population with Alagille
Livmarli (maralixibat) safely and effectively eases itching caused by Alagille syndrome in children who would have been excluded from the clinical trials that…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track status to bepirovirsen, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)’s candidate treatment for chronic hepatitis B (CHB),…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsBexotegrast shows positive signs as PSC treatment in Phase 2 trial
Pliant Therapeutics’ investigational oral treatment bexotegrast safely eases itching and is associated with signs of better liver function and less liver scarring, or fibrosis, in…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsProtein’s levels in placenta may be key for diagnosing, treating ICP
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), a liver disorder that can affect a pregnant woman, leads to abnormally high levels of a protein called ERp29…
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