Pig liver transplant into a living person edges it closer to the norm
On Oct. 9, 2025, Beicheng Sun at Anhui Medical University in China and his colleagues have reported the…
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Corstasis Therapeutics Announces FDA Approval of ENBUMYST™ (bumetanide nasal spray) for the Treatment of Edema Associated with Congestive Heart Failure, Liver Disease and Kidney Disease
On Sept. 15, 2025, Corstasis Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ENBUMYST™…
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Wegovy® approved by FDA for the treatment of adults with noncirrhotic MASH with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis
On Aug. 15, 2025, Novo Nordisk announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a…
UCLA study identifies key protein that helps liver cancer resist heat-based treatment
On Jul. 10, 2025, a study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may…
Genetic Factors May Influence Liver Fat Even in Healthy Weight People
On May 15, 2025, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, announced…
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Annual Report to the Nation Shows Cancer Deaths Continue to Decline
On Apr. 21, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that overall death rates from cancer declined steadily among…
U.S. Surgeon General Issues New Advisory on Link Between Alcohol and Cancer Risk
On Jan. 3, 2025, the U.S. General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol…
LA County Public Health Warns Against Consuming Raw Milk Following Additional Detections of H5 Bird Flu Virus
Dec. 19, 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging residents to avoid consuming or…
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FDA approved first treatment for patients with liver scarring due to fatty liver disease
On Mar. 14, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ Rezdiffra (resmetirom) for the…
‘Deaths of Despair’ contributed to 17% rise in Minnesota’s death rate during COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 13, 2023, Mayo Clinic published a study that showed the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to a…
Coronavirus Epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago
On Sept. 2 , 2021, an Oxford University Study showed that the most recent common ancestor of these…
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Severe COVID-19 in pregnancy associated with preterm birth, other complications
On Jan. 28, 2021, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers reported that pregnant women who experienced severe symptoms…
FDA approved Epclusa (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir) for children with Chronic Hepatitis C infection
On Mar. 19, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
Researchers at UCSD School of Medicine successfully applied phage therapy in mice to treat alcohol-related liver disease
On Nov. 13, 2019, researchers at University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine announced that they…
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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas announced surpassed $2 billion in grants to fight cancer
On Aug. 24, 2018, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced it passed a $2…
Arbutus’ CSO, Dr. Michael J Sofia, awarded Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
On Sept. 13, 2016, Arbutus Biopharma announced that Dr. Michael J. Sofia, Arbutus’ Chief Scientific Officer, had been…
First adult live-donor liver transplant performed at University of Chicago Medical Center
On Nov. 27, 1989, a surgical team at the University of Chicago Medical Center performed a live donor…
The American Liver Foundation was created by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
In 1976, the American Liver Foundation (ALF) was created as a 501(c)3 nonprofit by the American Association for…
Albert Einstein Cancer Center’s Liver Research Center became the first institute in the nation devoted to the study of liver disease and injury
In 1974, Albert Einstein Cancer Center’s Liver Research Center — now the Marion Bessin Liver Research Center —…
The CDC discovers that hepatitis B is sexually transmitted
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that hepatitis B is sexually transmitted….
Deaconess Hospital was founded
In 1896 as part of their missionary charter, Methodist deaconesses founded Deaconess Hospital to care for the city’s…