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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets, a supplemental NDA (new drug application) for patients with liver cancer (unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC). It is the first approved systemic drug therapy for liver cancer, as well as being the only medication therapy proven to significantly improve overall survival in liver [...]

MIT researchers have devised a novel way to create tiny colonies of living human liver cells that model the full-sized organ. The work could allow better screening of new drugs that are potentially harmful to the liver and reduce the costs associated with their development. Liver toxicity is one of the main reasons pharmaceutical companies [...]

A 28 year old Robinson Township woman has become the first patient to undergo liver transplantation surgery at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH). AGH officials said the surgery, which took place on November 1, represents a milestone locally in the field of organ transplantation, providing end stage liver disease patients with a vital, new choice for [...]