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Digging into a decades-old hepatitis B mystery suggests a new potential treatment
In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...
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New Insights Into Hepatitis B Infection Reveal a Potential Treatment
Worldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; about 5% of the global population are infection and ...
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Vir, awaiting 'functional cure' data for hep B combo, won't take treatment forward alone
Vir Biotechnology may be pushing ahead with its combination therapy in hepatitis D, but it's pausing further development in ...
Mirage News14d
Hepatitis B Breakthrough Sparks New Therapies
"We were delighted to discover not only important details about the mechanisms of HBV gene regulation, but also a promising ...
PBS13y
Subunit vaccine: hepatitis B
Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus. A subunit vaccine makes use of just a small portion of a pathogen. For a virus, the vaccine can contain just a piece of ...
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Hepatitis B Virus (IMAGE)
The research team determined that in order for a critical protein to get made, the hepatitis B virus’s DNA needs to get organized into these DNA-histone complexes. Preventing this from happening ...
Medscape1d
4 Factors Increase Variceal Bleeding Risk With Atezolizumab-Bevacizumab for HCC
Researchers identify a history of GI bleeding and three other factors as elevating variceal bleeding risk in patients ...
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Decades-old Hepatitis B Mystery Yields New Treatment
In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells ...
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Interventions identified to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B in Africa
A new study that has the potential to change the landscape of hepatitis B transmission in Africa. Researchers conducted an analysis revealing key interventions that could effectively eliminate ...
Nature2y
Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus
At least one-third of the world's population has been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and 400 million people are chronic carriers. In most populations, chronic HBV infection is the ...
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What to Know About the Hepatitis B (HepB) Vaccine for Babies
The hepatitis B vaccine is one of the very first vaccines your baby will get before she leaves the hospital. This vaccine protects her from a dangerous (but preventable!) liver infection and is given ...
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Hepatitis B articles from across Nature Portfolio
With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...