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Daily News: Bill Would Fund Hepatitis Fight

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Liver Cancer

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Newkerala.com

AIIMS advocates special test to make blood transfusion safer

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.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Medicine, Health

Fri Nov 20, 2009

HIV and Hepatitis

Revised European HIV Treatment Guidelines Emphasize Management of...

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

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Medical News Today

InterMune Announces Modification To On-Going Phase 2b Study Of...

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.

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Related Topix: Biotech, InterMune, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

India Gazette

New treatment for hemophilia launched in India

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

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Related Topix: Hemophilia, Health, Medicine, Kogenate, Antihemophilic Factor (generic), Medication, World News, India

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Medical News Today

Largest-ever Database For Liver Proteins May Lead To Treatments For Hepatitis

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Liver Cancer, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Regina Leader Post

Saskatchewan HIV-AIDS infection rates on the rise

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

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Canada,

The StarPhoenix

First Nations women fight HIV

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.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

NEWS.com.au

Hepatitis, HIV fear over unclean hospital

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Australia, World News,

Sun Nov 15, 2009

GastroHep.com News

Characteristics of delta hepatitis in central Europe

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

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

GastroHep.com News

Hepatitis C virus infection is a risk factor for gallstones

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

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Bankruptcy trustee: Leave the hepatitis claims to us

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

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Health

Thu Nov 12, 2009

BioSpace

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. Closes Last Tranche in $9 Million Private Placement

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, today announced that Novelos issued and sold to Purdue Pharma L.P., an existing investor, 8,333,334 shares of Novelosa common stock and warrants, expiring on December 31, 2015, to purchase 2,916,668 shares of common ...

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Related Topix: 9, Medicine, Health, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Lung Cancer

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Small Times

Aduro Biotech Completes Series A-1 Financing

Aduro BioTech, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines based on proprietary recombinant strains of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, today announced completion of its Series A-1 financing.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Science / Technology, Medicine, Health, University of New Mexico, Startups, Cerus, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Food and Drug Administration

Tue Nov 10, 2009

MarketWatch

Dynavax to buy Symphony Dynamo

Biopharmaceutical firm Dynavax Technologies Corp. /quotes/comstock/15*!dvax /quotes/nls/dvax on Tuesday said it had exercised its option to purchase all of the equity of Symphony Dynamo Inc.

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, Medicine, Health

Mon Nov 09, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Study finds those with more difficult to treat forms of HCV are half as likely to get treated

A new study by Mount Sinai researchers has for the first time found that patients with more difficult to treat forms of hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment for the disease, when compared to patients with hepatitis C that is easier to treat.

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GastroHep.com News

New scoring system predicts Hep B relapse after lamivudine

The most recent issue of Hepatology Research investigates a new scoring system for predicting relapse after lamivudine-induced hepatitis B e-antigen loss in chronic hepatitis B patients.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

AsianWeek

Daily Dose & Announcements:

Browse> Home / Briefs , Daily Dose / Daily Dose & Announcements: 11/03/09 Daily Dose & Announcements: 11/03/09 >>Naturalization Event for South Asians in Montgomery County >>First Specific Viral Hepatitis & Liver Cancer Prevention Bill Introduced >>Free Hep B Vaccination and Screening >>Japanese-American Musician Emiko Featured at Japan Music Week ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Sweden, World News, Japan, Liver Cancer, Asian-American, Japanese-American

Sat Nov 07, 2009

HIV and Hepatitis

Long-term Studies Show Tenofovir (Viread) Safety and Efficacy Is...

Long-term Studies Show Tenofovir Safety and Efficacy Is Sustained at 3 Years in HBeAg Positive and Negative Hepatitis B Patients SUMMARY: Long-term follow-up data from 2 clinical trials show that tenofovir remained active against hepatitis B virus and was generally well-tolerated for up to 3 years, researchers reported this past weekend at the 60th ...

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Related Topix: Viread, Tenofovir (generic), Medicine, Biotech, Gilead Sciences, Healthcare Industry, HIV/AIDS

Fri Nov 06, 2009

PR-inside.com

Health Matters : What are the Symptoms of Hepatitis ?

It has several forms, the most common of which are A and type B. It may also produce other types, include hepatitis C, D, E and G. The disease can produce mild disease or, at times, can be fulminant, and lead to death.

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