Biliary Atresia News

HEPATOLOGY: Immune cells linked to severe infant liver disease Very little is known about the cause of biliary atresia, a progressive liver disease in newborns.

Her family thought they'd never get to celebrate Lara Barr's first birthday after she was born with a life threatening liver disease.

OLD Loke Kai Xin is in need of a liver transplant. Kai Xin, born on Oct 22 last year, was diagnosed with biliary atresia after developing jaundice when she was only three months old, and her parents have been advised that she should undergo liver transplant surgery at the National University Hospital, Singapore .

Erin Tanner and her family are now in California in the hopes of soon receiving a liver transplant.

A GIRL who defied overwhelming odds to battle back after two liver transplant operations has died only weeks after celebrating her sixth birthday.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: On Saturday a luncheon fundraiser was held at Punta Gorda's Benedetto's Steakhouse for an infant who needs a new liver.

BRAVE Matthew Cavagin has reached a fifth birthday it was feared he'd never see.

Monday , Jun 08, 2009 at 0205 hrs IST Pune: Rohit Pillai, the country's youngest patient to get a liver transplant at Narayana Hrudayalay in Bangalore on October 25, 2005, died of cancer at KEM hospital on Sunday.

Here's a fun weekend event for an incredible cause. Family friends are organizing a benefit dinner and auction on Saturday, June 6 to help an Eureka family with the numerous ongoing medical expenses associated with their young daughter's care.

FRIDAY 6PM: A mother from Melton, who lost her daughter to a rare liver disease, will be among those taking part in the Samworth Brothers Charity Challenge next weekend.

Matthew Rosiello was born a "perfect" baby boy. Despite being a difficult pregnancy, his birth in July 1989 went smoothly.

Because Matthew Rosielloa TMs spleen is enlarged a ' a complication of biliary atresia a ' and is prone to rupture, the Huguenot teen couldna TMt participate in contact sports growing up.

Yoo Ji-nyeon, an insurance planner for Prudential Life Insurance, posted an online petition on Daum, Korea's top Internet community portal site, asking for help to take care of a 33-month-old baby suffering from a congenital biliary atresia.

The Tanner family outside their rural Morris home. In front are Erin and Ethan, and in back are Robert, Amber and Emma.

The tragedy of a young girl and the community that pulled together to help her have come full circle as a dream becomes concrete.

For all her nine years, Erin Tanner has battled biliary atresia, a serious but rare disease of the liver that affects one in 10,000 children.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Instead of asking for flowers or jewelry for Mother's Day this year, one mother just wants her baby to live.

On Sunday, Meikah Heaton will be 6 months old. That she'll reach this milestone on Mother's Day is a special blessing for her mom, 18-year-old Michaela Morse.

When Clee Metcalf, a prematurely born infant, was 3-months-old, doctors diagnosed him with biliary atresia, a rare condition in newborns where the bile duct between the liver and small intestine is blocked or missing.

THURSDAY 11AM: A two-year-old boy with a serious liver condition has become the first person to receive help from a fund set up by generous Melton Times readers.