In the wake of an unfavorable advisory committee meeting in September, Intercept Pharmaceuticals’ bid to win full approval ...

Fatty liver disease happens when fat builds up in your liver. This can cause damage, inflammation, and other complications.

Cirrhosis, hepatitis infection and other causes can trigger liver fibrosis -- a potentially lethal stiffening of tissue ...

Liver Transplant Outperforms Other Therapies for ... leading to disease, severe scarring and failure. A research team now might have ... New Screening Tool Could Improve the Survival Rate of ...

For many patients, a liver transplant is their only hope ... it seemed to reverse some of the stiff fibrotic scarring of the mouse liver tissue that had already taken place.

Then, two liver transplant operations later and with a squad of 20 other ... On the field, the only things that distinguish ...

Additionally, scar tissue interferes with blood flow ... may require intervention with surgical procedures. A liver ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A 4-month-old baby, Florence, is in desperate need of a liver. While her mother, Lina Mojica, wishes ...

The American Cancer Society notes the difficulty in early detection since symptoms often remain hidden until the advanced ...

The FDA informed Intercept that it is unable to approve the sNDA in its current form, consistent with the outcome of the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee (GIDAC) meeting in September 2024. In ...

Additionally, scar tissue interferes with blood flow throughout the ... you would need close monitoring of your infection. A liver transplant can be an option for some people who have liver disease.