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Altimmune said on Thursday that it plans to test its lead experimental obesity drug, pemvidutide, to potentially treat ...

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Acquired DNA mutations found in the SERPINA1 gene can protect liver cells from damage in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin ...

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Ready to save your liver? Transcription factors are paving the way for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease ...

Researchers Identify a Gene to Guide Novel Therapeutics of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases Mar. 6, 2025 — Investigators have found that the gene Asah1 plays a crucial protective role in ...

The liver is essential for digestion, metabolism, detoxification, and fluid regulation. While alcohol abuse is a known cause ...

Early research shows a one-time gene therapy has potential for addressing both the liver and lung disease that patients with ...

The Maryland-based biopharma joins Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in trialing a GLP-1 agonist for alcohol- and liver-related ...