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  "id": 17136882,
  "title": "Noninvasive tests detect advanced liver scarring and could reduce reliance on biopsies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/noninvasive-tests-detect-advanced-liver-scarring-and-could-reduce",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T22:30:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-noninvasive-advanced-liver-scarring-reliance.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two major international studies have delivered the strongest evidence to date on which noninvasive tests can accurately diagnose and measure the severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its more severe form, MASH, reducing reliance on liver biopsy.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}