Catching HBV early can make a world of difference. Medical professionals typically use blood tests that check for signs of ...

While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the body's defences are unable to ...

Congratulations. You have produced a subunit vaccine for hepatitis B. Another example in the subunit category is the anthrax vaccine approved in the U.S. (The countries of the former Soviet Union ...

The hepatitis B vaccine is also effective, but maintaining immunity often requires booster shots. Moreover, it doesn't help people who are already infected. This happens, for example, due to ...

Aligos Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving patient outcomes through best-in-class ...

Energix-B (hepatitis B vaccine [recombinant]) can cause side effects, such as fatigue and injection-site soreness. If you are not able to tolerate Energix-B side effects, talk with your doctor or ...

However, people with HBeAg-negative hepatitis B are more likely to respond to treatment. For example, one study found that among HIV-negative people treated with tenofovir, around 95% of ...

Hepatitis B virus infection remains one of the leading causes of liver ... and the involvement of noncoding RNAs—regulate cccDNA activity. For example, DNA methylation suppresses viral transcription, ...

Durham-based Precision BioSciences Inc. has received investigational new drug (IND) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for PBGENE-HBV, an in vivo gene editing program designed ...

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released an updated clinical practice guideline on the prevention of hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr) in at-risk persons. The document ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid ...