Biliary atresia is the most common cause of liver transplants for children in the United States. Now researchers report in Science Translational Medicine finding a strong biomarker candidate that could be used for earlier ...
Nov 22, 2017
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Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have identified an expression pattern of 14 genes at the time of diagnosis that predicts two year, transplant-free survival in children with biliary atresia—the ...
Jun 19, 2019
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Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have found a way to detect biliary atresia and other neonatal liver diseases in newborns using a simple blood test. This means that infants with biliary ...
Aug 11, 2016
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Fecal color and consistency are well-known markers of digestive health in both children and adults, but paying attention to a newborn's shade of poop can be a decided lifesaver in babies born with the rare, liver-ravaging ...
May 5, 2014
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A multi-center study concludes that treating infants with high doses of steroids fails to improve medical outcomes in the end-stage pediatric liver disease biliary atresia and leads to earlier onset of serious adverse events.
May 3, 2014
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Alyssa Riggan hasn't dwelled on being the nation's first successful recipient of a liver from a living donor.
Nov 27, 2014
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