A long-standing mystery in bile acid biology has been solved. Bile acids are often introduced as digestion helpers, but they are also powerful chemical messengers that help coordinate metabolism ...

Bile acids, synthesised from cholesterol in the liver, are central to lipid digestion but also serve as signalling molecules that regulate metabolism, inflammation and cellular homeostasis. In ...

Bile acids, traditionally recognised for their role in lipid digestion, have emerged as key modulators of metabolic homeostasis. Recent research has explored how these endogenous molecules can ...

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ ...

Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase “bile acids,” and you might get a few unpleasant answers. Bile acids are linked to our full-body health, can act as drugs and are some of the ...

A concise, high-yield guide to cholesterol-lowering therapies—statins, Zetia, PCSK9 inhibitors, bempedoic acid, berberine, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old female in pretty good health. The only medications I take are for my thyroid, arthritis and hormone replacement. Early last year, I was sick with a cold/flu for a ...

Habegger is a professor in the UAB Department of Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and also a scientist in the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center who studies how glucagon ...

In a cohort of 104 patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), 44% experienced recurrence in subsequent pregnancies, with peak total bile acid levels > 40 μM/L in the index pregnancy ...

Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase "bile acids," and you might get a few unpleasant answers. Ask Robert Quinn, assistant professor in Michigan State University's Department of ...