Hepatitis News

All samples from the 12 patients with chronic Hepatitis C genotype 1 treated with Tripep's therapeutic vaccine ChronVac-CA have now been collected.

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis versus alcoholic liver disease and found no statistically significant differences in post-transplant survival rates between the NASH and ETOH groups.

Medical students are commonly stuck by needles - putting them at risk of contracting potentially dangerous blood-borne diseases - and many of them fail to report the injuries to hospital authorities, according to a Johns Hopkins study published in the December issue of the journal Academic Medicine.

Human Genome Sciences Inc. said Wednesday it has filed for marketing approval of its hepatitis C drug Zalbin.

Gilead Sciences Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced an agreement to commercialize Viread for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection in adults in five countries in Asia.

Treatment rates appear to be declining, in part because only half of the patients know they are infected.

New peer-reviewed data finding that fewer than one-fifth of the nearly 4 million Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C virus have received anti-viral therapy in recent years should be a wake-up call that Congress needs to move urgently on bipartisan legislation to support new state-based detection, research, and surveillance efforts, the ...

Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women.

A bipartisan bill allocating support for hepatitis infection prevention and treatment has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives.

New Delhi, Nov 21 : About 20,000 patients in India could be at risk of getting infected blood -- unknown to them and even the donors.

SUMMARY: The European AIDS Clinical Society released updated HIV treatment guidelines last week at the group's annual conference in Cologne.

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST InterMune, Inc.

A new genetically engineered treatment for hemophilia, a dreaded disease where blood doesn't clot, was launched here Wednesday by a private pharmaceutical company.

Scientists at a group of 11 research centers in China are reporting for the first time assembly of the largest-ever collection of data about the proteins produced by genes in a single human organ.

Delegates of Saskatchewana TMs third annual Aboriginal HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C conference marched through downtown Regina for missing First Nations women on Sunday.

There are ancient songs First Nations women used to sing in the forest to heal their injured men, songs of anguish and of strength, set to the heartbeat rhythm of a healing drum.

MORE than 270 people will need to be tested for blood borne diseases after a failure in sterilisation procedures at a southern Queensland hospital.

The latest issue of the Journal of Viral Hepatitis investigates Virological and clinical characteristics of delta hepatitis in Central Europe.

Hepatitis C virus infection is a risk factor for gallstone disease, finds the most recent issue of the Journal of Viral Hepatitis.

The massive assortment of lawsuits over last year's hepatitis outbreak could be taking another detour.