‘Ready for that phone call’: Rare liver disease leaves Tennessee 8-month-old awaiting transplant

Eight-month-old Maggie Carey is waiting on a life-saving liver transplant. Finding the right match takes time and funding. Her family said they are hopeful that someone can save their daughter’s life.
Medscape

Etiopathogenesis of Biliary Atresia

Biliary atresia, a progressive sclerosis of the extrahepatic biliary tree that occurs only within the first 3 months of life, is one of the most common causes of neonatal cholestasis and accounts for ...
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My baby was born with a rare congenital disease, and I didn't realize until he was 2 months old. Googling his symptoms helped me advocate for him.

My baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia when he was 2 months old. While Google helped me identify his symptoms, it was a doctor who listened and diagnosed him. He had surgery to repair his bile ...
Florida Politics

Senate passes ‘Mattie’s Law’ to expand newborn screening after child’s health crisis

A high-profile Central Florida couple continues fighting to change state and federal law to expand newborn requirements.
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Mirum concludes Phase III EXPAND trial enrolment for Livmarli

The double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial will assess the efficacy and safety of Livmarli in both children and ...
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Boosting the maternal microbiome sharply reduces biliary atresia risk in early-stage study

Biliary atresia is a rare disease that occurs when a delicate tree-like set of ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine becomes scarred and blocked. While some treatments can slow the ...
Nature

Forkhead box A3 attenuated the progression of fibrosis in a rat model of biliary atresia

Biliary atresia is a rare, devastating disease of infants where a fibroinflammatory process destroys the bile ducts, leading to fibrosis and biliary cirrhosis, and death if untreated. The cause and ...
Healio

Portal hypertension predicts liver transplantation later in biliary atresia course

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Recent study results showed that cholangitis episodes ...
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Maternal transfer of healthier gut bacteria helps neonates to resist biliary atresia

Biliary atresia is a rare disease that occurs when a delicate tree-like set of ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine becomes scarred and blocked. While some treatments can slow the ...
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Researchers identify first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia

A nationwide consortium of researchers has identified the first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia, a mysterious liver disease that is the leading cause for liver transplantation in children.
Medscape

Etiopathogenesis of Biliary Atresia

In 1974, Benjamin Landing, a pediatric pathologist, proposed that biliary atresia, as well as choledochal cyst and neonatal hepatitis, represented varied manifestations of a single basic disease ...